Professional responsibilities for treatment of patients with Ebola: can a healthcare provider refuse to treat a patient with ebola?

R I Med J (2013). 2014 Oct 1;97(10):63-4.

Authors

Linda Twardowski¹, Twila McInnis², Carleton C Cappuccino³, James McDonald⁴, Jason Rhodes⁵

Affiliations

¹ President of the Rhode Island State Board of Nursing and Certified School Nurse Teacher (District Coordinator) for the Town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
² Chief Administrative Officer of the Rhode Island Board of Nursing.
³ Chair of the Rhode Island Board of Dentistry.
⁴ Chief Administrative Officer of the Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline.
⁵ Chief of Emergency Medical Services, Rhode Island Department of Health.

PMID: 25271667

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Delivery of Health Care / ethics
Delivery of Health Care / legislation & jurisprudence*
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
Health Personnel / ethics
Health Personnel / legislation & jurisprudence*
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / therapy*
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / transmission
Human Rights*
Humans
Moral Obligations
Physician's Role
Refusal to Treat / ethics
Refusal to Treat / legislation & jurisprudence*
United States