Social inequality in health, responsibility and egalitarian justice

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-8

  Marchman Andersen, M ^a,b   Oksbjerg Dalton, S ^b   Lynch, J ^c   Johansen, C ^b   Holtug, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

individual behavior; public health; socioeconomics factors

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84874772118     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdt012     Document Type: Review

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