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01-10-2004 | Commentary

Why can't I visit? The ethics of visitation restrictions – lessons learned from SARS

Author: Sharon Rogers

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 5/2004

Abstract

Patients want, need and expect that their relatives will be able to visit them during inpatient admissions or accompany them during ambulatory visits. The sudden outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), or a similar contagious pathogen, will restrict the number of people entering the hospital. The ethical values that underlie visitor restrictions are discussed here.

Ethics and SARS:Learning Lessons from the Toronto Experience. Available from the Centre for Bioethics Website [http://www.utoronto.ca/jcb/home/news_SARS.htm]

Title: Why can't I visit? The ethics of visitation restrictions – lessons learned from SARS
Author: Sharon Rogers
Publication date: 01-10-2004
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 5/2004
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc2930

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