Dignity is a useless concept

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7429, 2003, Pages 1419-1420

  Macklin, Ruth ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DYING; EDITORIAL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CLONING; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347360105     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7429.1419     Document Type: Editorial

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