Transfers within hospitals can be as risky as those between hospitals
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Recovering from a flu pandemic. For hospitals, recovery can be as demanding as the event itself.
BY JO ANN NETTLETON & GORDON SELF Ms. Nettleton is director, education and research; and Mr. Self is vice president, mission, ethics, and spirituality, Caritas Health Group, Edmonton, Alberta. I he anticipated arrival of a global I influenza pandemic has spurred discus__J^sion of ethical issues related to it. Once a flu pandemic occurs, it will force hospital leaders to make difficult decisions...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7023.120a