Head-counting vs. heart-counting: An examination of the recent case of the conjoined twins from Malta

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 593-605

  Barilan, Y Michael ^a  

^a NONE   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONJOINED TWINS; COURT; DEONTOLOGY; HEAD; HEART; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LAW SUIT; MALTA; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIETY; SURVIVAL; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

EID: 0036430259     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2002.0063     Document Type: Article

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