Critical care in Malawi: The ethics of beneficence and justice

Lucinda Manda-Taylor¹, Samson Mndolo², Tim Baker^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Bioethics in Eastern and Southern Africa (CEBESA), College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi.
² Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi.
³ Global Health - Health Systems & Policy, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Lucinda Manda-Taylor et al. Malawi Med J. 2017 Sep.

. 2017 Sep;29(3):268-271.

doi: 10.4314/mmj.v29i3.8.

Lucinda Manda-Taylor¹, Samson Mndolo², Tim Baker^{2

3}

¹ Centre for Bioethics in Eastern and Southern Africa (CEBESA), College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi.
² Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi.
³ Global Health - Health Systems & Policy, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

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