title: Social justice and disadvantaged groups.
abstract: Because an influenza pandemic would create the most serious hardships for those who already face most serious hardships, countries should take special measures to mitigate the effect of a pandemic on existing social inequalities. Unfortunately, there is little evidence that anybody is thinking about that.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA.
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Uscher-Pines
authors.forename: Patrick S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Duggan
authors.forename: Joshua P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Garoon
authors.forename: Ruth A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Karron
authors.forename: Ruth R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Faden
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011050:Policy Making; D011203:Poverty; D012935:Social Justice; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology