Private wealth and public health: A critique of Richard Epstein's defense of the "old" public health

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Novak, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VACCINATION;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; LEGAL APPROACH;

COERCION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FORECASTING; FREEDOM; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; POLITICS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041866420     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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