Intellectual property and the pharmaceutical industry: A moral crossroads between health and property

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-308

  Gewertz, Nevin M ^a,d   Amado, Rivka ^a,b,c,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Department of Political Science ^*  (United States)

^e USA Law and Society Association   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Global trade; Intellectual property; Nozick; Patent; Pharmaceutical; Rawls

Indexed keywords

EID: 12744253007     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-004-0993-z     Document Type: Review

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