Selected article for: "acute pathogen and similar pathogen"

Author: Rogers, Sharon
Title: Why can't I visit? The ethics of visitation restrictions – lessons learned from SARS
  • Cord-id: i4pmux28
  • Document date: 2004_8_31
  • ID: i4pmux28
    Snippet: Patients want, need and expect that their relatives will be able to visit them during inpatient admissions or accompany them during ambulatory visits. The sudden outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), or a similar contagious pathogen, will restrict the number of people entering the hospital. The ethical values that underlie visitor restrictions are discussed here.
    Document: Patients want, need and expect that their relatives will be able to visit them during inpatient admissions or accompany them during ambulatory visits. The sudden outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), or a similar contagious pathogen, will restrict the number of people entering the hospital. The ethical values that underlie visitor restrictions are discussed here.

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