Ethical Transparency and Economic Medicalization

This article introduces the concept of economic medicalization where non-medical problems are transformed into medical problems in order to achieve the objective of corporate shareholder wealth maximization. Following an overview of the differences in ethical norms applicable to medical ethics and b...

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Authors: Poitras, Geoffrey (Author) ; Meredith, Lindsay (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2009
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 86, Issue: 3, Pages: 313-325
Further subjects:B Medicalization
B Bioethics
B Medical Ethics
B shareholder wealth maximization
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