TY - JOUR
T1 - Pandemic influenza
T2 - Public health preparedness for the next global health emergency
AU - Gostin, Lawrence O.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Pandemic influenza viral infections pose a highly virulent and very real threat to the public's health. Recent vaccine shortages have heightened the interest in, and need for, influenza preparedness on a global scale. This article identifies the primary interventions designed to prevent pandemic influenza, explores the inevitable legal and ethical questions associated with such interventions, and recommends the adoption of ethical values in public health decision-making.
AB - Pandemic influenza viral infections pose a highly virulent and very real threat to the public's health. Recent vaccine shortages have heightened the interest in, and need for, influenza preparedness on a global scale. This article identifies the primary interventions designed to prevent pandemic influenza, explores the inevitable legal and ethical questions associated with such interventions, and recommends the adoption of ethical values in public health decision-making.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2004.tb01962.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2004.tb01962.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 15807345
AN - SCOPUS:13744253571
SN - 1073-1105
VL - 32
SP - 565
EP - 573
JO - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
JF - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
IS - 4
ER -