Individually based preventive medical recommendations - Are they sustainable and responsible? A call for ethical reflection

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 65-67

  Getz, Linn ^a,b   Kirkengen, Anna Luise ^c   Hetlevik, Irene ^b   Sigurdsson, Johann A ^c  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; EDITORIAL; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MEDICAL CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLICATION;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 21344449720     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430510018518     Document Type: Editorial

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