Individual rights versus the public's health - 100 years after Jacobson v. Massachusetts

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 652-654

  Parmet, Wendy E ^a   Goodman, Richard A ^b   Farber, Amy ^a,c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SHORT SURVEY; VACCINATION;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; JACOBSON V. MASSACHUSETTS; LEGAL APPROACH;

CIVIL RIGHTS; CLERGY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VACCINE; SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13744251280     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp048209     Document Type: Short Survey

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