Ethics, equality and evidence in health promotion Danish guidelines for municipalities

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 337-343

  Vallgårda, Signild ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; early detection; evidence based interventions; health promotion; liberalism; paternalism; public health ethics; social health inequalities; stigmatization

Indexed keywords

CITY; DENMARK; ETHICS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

CITIES; DENMARK; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84901273219     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494814525007     Document Type: Article

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