[From Tuberculosis to COVID-19: Legal and Constitutional Framework Regarding Compulsory Isolation/Treatment due to Contagious Diseases in Portugal]

Acta Med Port. 2020 Apr 1;33(4):225-228. doi: 10.20344/amp.13562. Epub 2020 Apr 1.
[Article in Portuguese]
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Keywords: Coronavirus; Coronavirus Infections; Mandatory Programs/legislation & jurisprudence; Patient Isolation/legislation & jurisprudence; Personal Autonomy; Portugal; Tuberculosis.

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Freedom
  • Government Regulation*
  • Humans
  • Pandemics / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Pandemics / prevention & control*
  • Patient Isolation / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Patient Rights / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
  • Portugal
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Social Control, Formal / methods
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / prevention & control*