Dax redacted: The economies of truth in bioethics

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 287-302

  Chambers, Tod ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical ethics; Narratology; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BENEFICENCE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; BURN; CASE REPORT; CASUISTRY; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICIST; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; NOTE; PATERNALISM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RIGHT TO DIE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS;

ADULT; BENEFICENCE; BURNS; CASUISTRY; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICISTS; ETHICS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NARRATION; PATERNALISM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; RIGHT TO DIE; WRITING;

EID: 0030157731     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/21.3.287     Document Type: Article

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