Through the Quarantine Looking Glass: Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Public Health Governance, Law, and Ethics

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 616-628

  Fidler, David P ^a,b   Gostin, Lawrence O ^c,d,e   Markel, Howard ^f,g  

^a James Louis Calamaras Department of Law

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f George E Wentz Department of the History of Medicine

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 36849078088     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2007.00185.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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