Regulation of the global marketplace for the sake of health

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 667-676

  Danis, Marion ^a,b   Sepinwall, Amy ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; ETHICS; FINANCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MARKET; MARKETING; MEDICAL CARE; ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION; POVERTY; SALARY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WORK; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ETHICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0036982832     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2002.tb00434.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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