'Death by proxy': Ethics and classification in epidemiology

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1147-1153

  Plant, Aileen J ^b   Rushworth, R Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Classification; Epidemiology; Ethics; HIV; Indigenous; Marital

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MARRIAGE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031694682     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00186-5     Document Type: Article

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