Who's Your Nanny?: Choice, Paternalism and Public Health in the Age of Personal Responsibility

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages 88-91

  Wiley, Lindsay F ^a   Berman, Micah L ^b   Blanke, Doug ^c,d  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c William Mitchell College of Law   (United States)

^d Tobacco Control Legal Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CONFLICT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PATERNALISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUGAR INTAKE; UNITED STATES;

BEVERAGES; DIETARY SUCROSE; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; PATERNALISM; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84876965528     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jlme.12048     Document Type: Article

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