Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Pandemic influenza: are we prepared to face our obligations? | Available online http content 12 4 165 Commentary Pandemic influenza are we prepared to face our obligations Boris P Ehrenstein Department of Internal Medicine I University Hospital Regensburg Germany Corresponding author Boris P Ehrenstein Published 15 July 2008 Critical Care 2008 12 165 doi cc6938 This article is online at http content 12 4 165 2008 BioMed Central Ltd See related review by Anantham et al. http content 12 3 217 Abstract After decades of low personal risk for contracting lethal diseases physicians are suddenly facing the possibility of a substantial increase in occupational risk during an influenza pandemic. If they are not confronted before the onset of an influenza pandemic feelings of unease and fear or ignorance about physicians professional obligations could profoundly hinder individual physicians in fulfilling their professional duties. Such feelings could therefore undermine institutional and societal preparations. In their review published in Critical Care Anantham and coworkers outline the ethical framework that forms the basis of the professional obligations of physicians who respond to health care emergencies such as an influenza pandemic. In their review recently published in Critical Care Anantham and coworkers outline the ethical framework that forms the basis of the professional obligations of physicians who respond to health care emergencies such as an influenza pandemic 1 . Bearing in mind the high mortality rates reported for the sporadic human cases of H5N1 avian influenza and experiences gained confronting the recent SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic many health care professionals will wonder whether we are well prepared to cope with the anticipated influenza pandemic 2 3 . Worldwide health authorities and many individual institutions have undertaken substantial efforts to plan and prepare for such a catastrophic event. Confronted with the
