Critiques of casuistry and why they are mistaken

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 395-411

  Strong, Carson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Casuistry; Clinical ethics; Ethical reasoning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; THEOLOGY;

EID: 0032763756     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009909616488     Document Type: Article

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