Taking sociology seriously: A new approach to the bioethical problems of infectious disease

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 838-849

  Tausig, Mark ^a   Selgelid, Michael J ^b   Subedi, Sree ^c   Subedi, Janardan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Infectious disease; Poor countries; Social causation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POVERTY; SOCIOLOGY;

BIOETHICS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; POVERTY; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 33845892099     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2006.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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