The Ethical Significance of Antimicrobial Resistance
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The Ethical Significance of Antimicrobial Resistance
In this paper, we provide a state-of-the-art overview of the ethical challenges that arise in the context of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which includes an introduction to the contributions to the symposium in this issue. We begin by discussing why AMR is a distinct ethical issue, and should not be viewed purely as a technical or medical problem. In the second section, we expand on some of t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Ethics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1754-9973,1754-9981
DOI: 10.1093/phe/phv025