The ethics of medical marijuana: Government restrictions vs medical necessity

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-60

  Clark, Peter A ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; DRONABINOL;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICINE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NAUSEA; PAIN; VOMITING;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; LEGAL APPROACH;

CANNABIS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYTOTHERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034021301     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3343473     Document Type: Article

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