Ethical aspects of infection control.
This article describes ethical dilemmas faced routinely by infection control personnel and outlines the basic principles of ethics as applied to the practice of infection control and hospital epidemiology.
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Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA.
D003657:Decision Making; D030881:Disclosure; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000592:standards*; D016357:Infection Control Practitioners / Q000592:standards*; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D028743:Professional Misconduct; D012380:Role; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States