Monday, October 27, 2014

Ebola, epidemics, and ethics - what we have learned

 2014 Oct 24;9(1):15. [Epub ahead of print]

Ebola, epidemics, and ethics - what we have learned.

Abstract

The current Ebola epidemic has presented challenges both medical and ethical. Although we have known epidemics of untreatable diseases in the past, this particular one may be unique in the intensity and rapidity of its spread, as well as ethical challenges that it has created, exacerbated by its geographic location. We will look at the infectious agent and the epidemic it is causing, in order to understand the ethical problems that have arisen.

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