Is Pragmatism Well-suited to Bioethics?

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 545-561

  Hester, D Micah ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus; Functional; Habit; Inquiry; Principles

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH;

BIOETHICS; CONSENSUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345975874     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.28.5.545.18820     Document Type: Review

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