Doing Good and Doing Well: Corporate Social Responsibility in Post Obamacare America

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages 17-21

  Corbett, James ^a   Kappagoda, Manel ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b National Policy and Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity (NPLAN)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PRIVATE SECTOR; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876988722     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jlme.12032     Document Type: Article

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