The Mandatory Census: Tension Between Individual Rights and the Public Good

The Mandatory Census: Tension Between Individual Rights and the Public Good

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dc.contributor.author Deonandan, Raywat
dc.date.accessioned 2011-11-25T23:41:26Z
dc.date.available 2011-11-25T23:41:26Z
dc.date.created 2011 en_US
dc.date.issued 2011-11-25
dc.identifier Can J Public Health 2011;102(6):414-16. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20447
dc.description.abstract The discontinuation of the Canadian long-form mandatory census presents a crisis for data users. Examined as a tension between the need to preserve individual civil liberties and the need to curtail those liberties for the public good, the census crisis presents an opportunity for a public discussion on the specifics of our national values, beliefs and expectations. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject public policy en_US
dc.subject censuses en_US
dc.subject informed consent en_US
dc.subject ethics en_US
dc.subject research en_US
dc.title The Mandatory Census: Tension Between Individual Rights and the Public Good en_US
dc.type Article en_US

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