Personal financial incentives in health promotion: Where do they fit in an ethic of autonomy?

Health Expectations

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-200

  Ashcroft, Richard E ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Personal financial incentives

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; NOTE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

COERCION; ETHICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 79956223504     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00664.x     Document Type: Article

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