Latest variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease figures and compensation scheme announced in the United Kingdom
Author(s) -
B Twisselmann
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.05.40.02085-en
Subject(s) - compensation (psychology) , government (linguistics) , medicine , payment , creutzfeldt jakob syndrome , disease , kingdom , business , psychology , finance , pathology , prion protein , biology , linguistics , philosophy , psychoanalysis , paleontology
Coinciding with the publication of latest figures on variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease (vCJD) in the United Kingdom (UK), the secretary of state for health announced details of the full compensation scheme that has been developed to make payments to each of those who have had a diagnosis of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) and their families (1,2).The compensation scheme for UK victims of vCJD has been developed by the government in consultation with representatives of families affected by vCJD.
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