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Autonomy and coercion in disease prevention and health promotion

MetamedicinePublished 1 February 1984
Edmund D. Pellegrino
Citations20
SJR quartileQ3
SJR score0.34
SNIP1.21

TL;DR

It is argued that there are principles which can be established to guide society in a moral use of coercion to enhance voluntary co-operation in the application of medical knowledge for preventive purposes.

Abstract

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Keywords

Health ProfessionsArts and Humanities