TB Matters More

Tuberculosis (TB) is the second leading infectious cause of mortality worldwide and arguably the most important neglected topic in bioethics. This chapter: (1) explains the ethical importance of TB, (2) documents its neglect in bioethics discourse, (3) maps the terrain of ethical issues associated w...

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Autores principales: Selgelid, Michael J., Kelly, Paul M., Sleigh, Adrian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7121532/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8617-5_14
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spelling pubmed-71215322020-04-06 TB Matters More Selgelid, Michael J. Kelly, Paul M. Sleigh, Adrian International Public Health Policy and Ethics Article Tuberculosis (TB) is the second leading infectious cause of mortality worldwide and arguably the most important neglected topic in bioethics. This chapter: (1) explains the ethical importance of TB, (2) documents its neglect in bioethics discourse, (3) maps the terrain of ethical issues associated with TB, and (4) advocates a moderate pluralistic approach to ethical issues associated with TB. 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC7121532/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8617-5_14 Text en © Springer Science + Business Media B.V 2008 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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