Technological paternalism: On how medicine has reformed ethics and how technology can refine moral theory

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 343-352

  Hofmann, Bjørn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ethics; Medicine; Paternalism; Technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICINE; MORALITY; PATERNALISM; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

EID: 0141799750     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-003-0031-z     Document Type: Article

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