Scientific second-order ’nudging’ or lobbying by interest groups: the battle over Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programmes

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 641-650

  Ploug, Thomas ^a   Holm, Søren ^a,b,c   Brodersen, John ^d  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta aneurysm screening; Conflict of interest disclosure; Deliberative democracy; Libertarian paternalism; Nudging

Indexed keywords

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FREEDOM; HUMAN; LOBBYING; MANAGEMENT; MASS SCREENING; PATERNALISM; POLITICS;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FREEDOM; HUMANS; LOBBYING; MASS SCREENING; PATERNALISM; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS;

EID: 84908511752     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-014-9566-9     Document Type: Article

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