Assessment model for the justification of intrusive lifestyle interventions: literature study, reasoning and empirical testing.
Background: In many countries health insurers, employers and especially governments are increasingly using pressure and coercion to enhance healthier lifestyles. For example by ever higher taxes on cigarettes and alcoholic beverages, and ever stricter smoke-free policies. Such interventions can enha...
| Publicado en: | BMC Medical Ethics Vol. 17; pp. 1 - 9 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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BioMed Central
2/19/2016
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