Patient guide: Questions and answers about Altered Standards of Care. Plan, prepare, practice.

Patient guide: Questions and answers about Altered Standards of Care. Plan, prepare, practice.

Indiana State Department of Health ; Indiana University Center for Bioethics
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Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2012
Date: 2009-12-01
Keywords: Antiviral Agents ; Delivery of Health Care ; Disaster Planning ; Disease Outbreaks ; Epidemics ; Ethics ; Health Care Rationing ; Human Resources ; Influenza ; Medical Ethics ; Pandemic Flu ; Pandemic Influenza ; Patients ; Practice Guidelines ; Public Health ; Triage ; Vaccines
Sponsorship: This project was supported by Grant/Cooperative Agreement Number 5U90TP517024-09 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC.

Abstract:

This patient guide address the following questions: What is an influenza (flu) pandemic? What are Altered Standards of Care? Will vaccines ("flu shot") and antiviral medicines work? and How will my family and I get vaccines and antiviral medicine? In addition to this patient guide, see the related: "Ethics guide for health care practitioners: working under conditions of an influenza pandemic. Plan, Prepare, Practice."

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Single page, color, 8.5"x11".

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