Paternalism in Health Care and Health Policy

Principles of Health Care Ethics: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 223-229

  Childress, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dworkin 'interference' captures much active paternalism; Hard and soft paternalism; Paternalism in health care and health policy; Pure and impure paternalism; Strong and weak paternalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950529301     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470510544.ch29     Document Type: Chapter

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