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Research ArticleBioethics in Practice

Bioethics in Practice - A Quarterly Column About Medical Ethics: Ebola and Medical Ethics - Ethical Challenges in the Management of Contagious Infectious Diseases

Christopher M. Blais and Janet L. White
Ochsner Journal March 2015, 15 (1) 5-7;
Christopher M. Blais
1Department of Infectious Disease, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
2The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
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Janet L. White
1Department of Infectious Disease, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
MSN, JD, LLM
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    (2014) (2015) (2014) Code of Medical Ethics of the American Medical Association (American Medical Association), Chicago, http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/medical-ethics/code-medical-ethics.page. Accessed December 10, 2014.
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