Pediatric biomedical ethics: Introducing Italian pediatrician to the Islamic perspective

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 112-120

  Hedayat, K M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Adolescence; Child; Child rearing; Contraception; Death; Ethics; Europe; Euthanasia; Human rights; Islam; Italy; Muslim; Organ transplantation; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD REARING; CONTRACEPTION; DEATH; ETHICS; EUROPE; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; IMMIGRANT; ITALY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PEDIATRICIAN; RELIGION; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0036557522     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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