The duty to care in a pandemic.

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Author/s: Joint Centre for Bioethics Pandemic Ethics Working Group; Upshur, Ross (R);

Affiliation: University of Toronto, Joint Centre for Bioethics, 88 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G1L4, Canada. kkirkwo2(-atsign-)uwo.ca

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comment; Journal Article

Journal: The American journal of bioethics : AJOB (Am J Bioeth), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Aug; vol 8 (issue 8) : pp 31-3

Dates: Created 2008/09/19; Completed 2008/10/27;

PMID: 18802857, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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CommentOn: Am J Bioeth. 2008 Aug;8(8):4-19. (PMID: 18802849)

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Choice Behavior - ethics
Communicable Diseases - nursing; therapy
Disease Outbreaks
Health Personnel - ethics
Humans

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