Software informed consent: Docete emptorem, not caveat emptor

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 357-362

  Miller, Keith ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer ethics; Software engineering ethics; Software informed consent

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344090665     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-998-0028-8     Document Type: Article

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