The concept of disease: Ethical challenges and relevance to dentistry and dental education

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 2-8

  Hofmann, Bjørn M ^a   Eriksen, Harald M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Concept of disease; Dentistry; Ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL EDUCATION; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHILOSOPHY; SCIENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE; EDUCATION, DENTAL; ETHICS, DENTAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHILOSOPHY, DENTAL; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SCIENCE; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035260461     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0579.2001.005001002.x     Document Type: Article

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