What would John Dewey do? The promises and perils of pragmatic bioethics

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-106

  Tollefsen, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti realism; End of life ethics; Genetic ethics; Medical paternalism; Pragmatism

Indexed keywords

EUTHANASIA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LITERATURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE; REVIEW;

EID: 0034126110     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/0360-5310(200002)25:1;1-V;FT077     Document Type: Review

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