Access to nutritious food, socioeconomic individualism and public health ethics in the USA: A common good approach

Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Azétsop, Jacquineau ^a   Joy, Tisha R ^b  

^a Département de Santé Publique Faculté des Sciences de la Santé de l'Université de N'djaména   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; ETHICS; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898432875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17475341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-5341-8-16     Document Type: Article

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