An overview of ethical frameworks in public health: Can they be supportive in the evaluation of programs to prevent overweight?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Have, Marieke Ten ^a   De Beaufort, Inez D ^a   MacKenbach, Johan P ^a   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; OVERWEIGHT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 77958064866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-638     Document Type: Article

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