Smokers’ rights to health care: Why the ‘restoration argument’ is a moralising wolf in a liberal sheep’s clothing

Journal of Applied Philosophy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 255-269

  Wilkinson, Stephen ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LIFESTYLE; MORALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MORALS; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 7744228244     PISSN: 02643758     EISSN: 14685930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5930.00128     Document Type: Article

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