Ethical standards to guide the development of obesity policies and programs: Comment on “ethical agreement and disagreement about obesity prevention policy in the united states”

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 313-315

  Buchanan, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Capabilities; Equality; Justice; Obesity Prevention; Positive and Negative Liberty; Public Health Ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001114613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23225939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2013.63     Document Type: Article

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