Loyalty in the trenches: Practical teleology for office clinicians responding to terrorism

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 389-416

  Trotter, Griffin ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Disaster medicine; Health policy; Teleology

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; POLITICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARDIZATION; TERRORISM;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;

BIOTERRORISM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; RESCUE WORK; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10944270734     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03605310490503551     Document Type: Review

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