A 'nudge' for public health ethics: Libertarian paternalism as a framework for ethical analysis of public health interventions?

Public Health Ethics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-238

  Ménard, Jean Frédérick ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FREEDOM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 78649373719     PISSN: 17549973     EISSN: 17549981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/phe/phq024     Document Type: Review

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