Infection, ageing and patient rights: Time for single-occupancy hospital rooms

• Cindy Towns,
• Matthew Kelly,
• Angela Ballantyne

Affiliations

Cindy Towns

Senior Lecturer, Department of Medicine University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand; General Physician and Geriatrician, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand; Clinical Ethics Advisor, Te Whatu Ora, Wellington and Hutt Valley, New Zealand; Correspondence to: Towns C, Senior Lecturer, Department of Medicine University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand

Matthew Kelly

Clinical Leader Infection, Prevention and Control. Wellington and Hutt Hospital, New Zealand; General and Infectious Disease Consultant, Hutt Hospital, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Angela Ballantyne

Associate Professor Bioethics, Department of General Practice, University of Otago Wellington, New Zealand