Individual freedom versus collective responsibility: An ethicist's perspective

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ashcroft, Richard E ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; ETHICIST; FREEDOM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 33749496858     PISSN: 17427622     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-3-11     Document Type: Review

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