Denial of Treatment to Obese Patients—the Wrong Policy on Personal Responsibility for Health
In many countries around the world, including Iran, obesity is reaching epidemic proportions. Doctors have recently taken, or expressed support for, an extreme ‘personal responsibility for health’ policy against obesity: refusing services to obese patients. This policy may initially seem to improve...
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| Language: | English |
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Kerman University of Medical Sciences
2013-01-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Health Policy and Management |
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| Online Access: | http://ijhpm.com/?_action=showPDF&article=2752&_ob=936e9d43f9f75bc9a26438fd81f08d59&fileName=full_text.pdf. |