Morals, metaphysics, and heart transplantation: Reflections on Richard Selzer's 'whither thou goest'

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 212-223

  Potts, Michael ^a  

^a Methodist College   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ETHICS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; METAPHYSICS; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0031882983     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.1998.0048     Document Type: Review

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