Economics, health and development: Some ethical dilemmas facing the World Bank and the international community

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 262-267

  Wagstaff, A ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global ethics; Health; Health economics; Population; Poverty; World Bank

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FERTILITY; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NUTRITION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION; POVERTY; PROTECTION;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD BANK;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POVERTY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034884104     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.27.4.262     Document Type: Article

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