Legislative epidemics: The role of model law in the transnational trend to criminalise HIV transmission

Medical Humanities

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 77-84

  Grace, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGAL ASPECT; LINGUISTICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

LINGUISTICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL SCIENCE;

AFRICA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CRIMINAL LAW; EPIDEMICS; EUROPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888129002     PISSN: 1468215X     EISSN: 14734265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2012-010336     Document Type: Article

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