Ethics expert testimony: Against the skeptics

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 381-403

  Agich, George J ^a   Spielman, Bethan J ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical ethics; Ethics testimony; Normative ethics

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOETHICS; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICIST; ETHICS; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; LOGIC; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NOTE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; LEGAL APPROACH;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOETHICS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DEMOCRACY; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICISTS; ETHICS; ETHICS, CLINICAL; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; JUDICIAL ROLE; JURISPRUDENCE; LOGIC; MORALS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0031204950     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/22.4.381     Document Type: Article

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