Title
What is an Epidemic?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Abstract
Misuse of the word “epidemic” has become an epidemic. In this note I examine several accounts of what it means to be an epidemic, explore what I take to be the motivation for over-extending the term, and explain why I think we should use it in a more careful way.
Publication Info
Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics, 2014
Digital USD Citation
Anomaly, Johnathan, "What is an Epidemic?" (2014). Center for Health Law Policy and Bioethics. 46.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/law_chlb_research_scholarship/46
