Ethical and Legal Considerations in Mitigating Pandemic Disease: Workshop Summary

by P. Frederick Sparling, Stanley M. Lemon, Margaret A. Hamburg

In recent public workshops and working group meetings, the Forum on Microbial Threats of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has examined a variety of infectious disease outbreaks with pandemic potential, including those caused by influenza (IOM, 2005) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) (IOM, 2004). Particular attention has been paid to the potential pandemic threat posed by the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, which is now endemic in many...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309107695
• ISBN13: 9780309107693
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"