Ethical challenges experienced by UK military medical personnel deployed to Sierra Leone (operation GRITROCK) during the 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak: a qualitative study

Background As part of its response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak in west Africa, the United Kingdom (UK) government established an Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone, staffed by military personnel. Little is known about the ethical challenges experienced by military medical staff on humanitarian depl...

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Published in:	BMC medical ethics Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 77 - 13
Main Authors:	Draper, Heather, Jenkins, Simon
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 19.12.2017 BioMed Central Ltd BMC
Subjects:	Adult Attitude of Health Personnel Disaster ethics Disease Outbreaks Ebola hemorrhagic fever Ebola virus disease Education Ethical aspects Ethics Ethics in Clinical Practice Health Personnel - ethics Health Personnel - psychology Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - therapy Humans Infectious disease outbreaks Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional - ethics Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional - prevention & control International Cooperation Medical personnel Military humanitarian interventions Military medical ethics Military medicine Military Medicine - standards Military Personnel - psychology Motivation Personal Protective Equipment Philosophy Philosophy of Medicine Practice Professional Role Qualitative Research Relief Work - ethics Research Article Sierra Leone Theory of Medicine/Bioethics United Kingdom United Kingdom Sierra Leone Infectious disease outbreaks Qualitative research Ethics Military medical ethics Medical rules of eligibility Disaster ethics Empirical ethics Military humanitarian interventions Ebola virus disease
ISSN:	1472-6939, 1472-6939
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