Putting public health ethics into practice: A systematic framework

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Marckmann, Georg ^a   Schmidt, Harald ^b   Sofaer, Neema ^c   Strech, Daniel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethical theory; Ethics; Health policy; Program evaluation; Public health practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016733348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00023     Document Type: Article

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