Moral responsibility for (un)healthy behaviour

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 695-698

  Brown, Rebecca C H ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MORALS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84886747589     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2012-100774     Document Type: Article

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