The "nation's conscience:" Assessing bioethics commissions as public forums

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 333-360

  Dzur, Albert W ^a   Levin, Daniel ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; DECISION MAKING; HISTORY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHILOSOPHY; POLICY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; BIOMEDICAL ETHICS ADVISORY COMMITTEE; NATIONAL BIOETHICS ADVISORY COMMISSION; NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS; PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF ETHICAL PROBLEMS; PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON BIOETHICS;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOETHICS; COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DEMOCRACY; ETHICISTS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; PHILOSOPHY; POLICY MAKING; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13144276303     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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