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PLANNING FOR AN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
Author(s) -
USCHERPINES LORI,
DUGGAN PATRICK S.,
GAROON JOSHUA P.,
KARRON RUTH A.,
FADEN RUTH R.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.1353/hcr.2007.0064
Subject(s) - pandemic , disadvantaged , social justice , social distance , inequality , face (sociological concept) , economic growth , political science , covid-19 , economic justice , criminology , sociology , development economics , socioeconomics , medicine , social science , economics , law , mathematical analysis , mathematics , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
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.