Listen to the people: Public deliberation about social distancing measures in a pandemic

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4-14

  Baum, Nancy M ^a   Goold, Susan D ^a   Jacobson, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy; Population; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; QUARANTINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73149103430     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160903197531     Document Type: Article

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