Monkeypox, stigma and public health

Julian W März¹, Søren Holm^{2

3}, Nikola Biller-Andorno¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine (IBME), University of Zurich, Switzerland.
² Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, Department of Law, University of Manchester, UK.
³ Center for Medical Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway.

Julian W März et al. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2022.

. 2022 Oct 31:23:100536.

doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100536. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Julian W März¹, Søren Holm^{2

3}, Nikola Biller-Andorno¹

¹ Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine (IBME), University of Zurich, Switzerland.
² Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, Department of Law, University of Manchester, UK.
³ Center for Medical Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway.

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Conflict of interest statement

There are no competing interests to declare.

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