Visitor restrictions in hospitals during infectious disease outbreaks: An ethical approach to policy development and requests for exemptions

In this paper, we explore the ethics of restricting visitation to hospitals during an infectious disease outbreak. We aim to answer three questions: What are the features of an ethically justified hospital visitor restriction policy? Should policies include scope for case-by-case exemptions? How sho...

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Authors: McDougall, Rosalind (Author) ; Warton, Chanelle (Author) ; Chew, Christopher (Author) ; Delany, Clare (Author) ; Ko, Danielle (Author) ; Massie, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2023
In: Bioethics
Year: 2023, Volume: 37, Issue: 7, Pages: 715-724
RelBib Classification:NCH Medical ethics
TK Recent history
XA Law
Further subjects:B Policy
B Covid
B infectious disease
B visitor restrictions
B Organizational Ethics
B clinical ethics
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