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Commentary: Responding More Broadly and Ethically

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2006

Anthony B. Zwi
Affiliation:
School of Pubic Health and Community Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Paul M. McNeill
Affiliation:
School of Pubic Health and Community Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Natalie J. Grove
Affiliation:
School of Pubic Health and Community Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Extract

The AMA's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs' position statement on “Disaster Preparedness and Response” is a welcome discussion of an important issue: the extent to which physicians have a responsibility to treat people affected by disasters in which the nature, source, and cause of the harm is unclear and where the risk is largely unknown.All authors contributed fully to drafting and shaping this paper.

Type
SPECIAL SECTION: BIOETHICS AND WAR
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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