Legal Issues in Quarantine and Isolation for Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases

The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak in South Korea in 2015 has drawn public attention regarding the legal regulation of infectious disease control in Korea. This paper discusses the interpretive and legislative concerns regarding the Infectious Disease Prevention and...

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Autor principal: Kim, Cheonsoo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society for Preventive Medicine 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4750511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26841880
http://dx.doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.16.009
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spelling pubmed-47505112016-02-23 Legal Issues in Quarantine and Isolation for Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases Kim, Cheonsoo J Prev Med Public Health Special Article The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak in South Korea in 2015 has drawn public attention regarding the legal regulation of infectious disease control in Korea. This paper discusses the interpretive and legislative concerns regarding the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Act, its ordinance and enforcement regulations, as well as public statements from the relevant administrative agency. Future improvements are also proposed. Korean Society for Preventive Medicine 2016-01 2016-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4750511/ /pubmed/26841880 http://dx.doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.16.009 Text en Copyright © 2016 The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4750511/
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