Speaking in One Voice or Many? The Language of Community

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-33

  Gross, Michael L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; ETHICS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; HAPPINESS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; LANGUAGE; LIFE; MEDICINE; MORALITY; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT; POLITICS; REVIEW; SOCIETY; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; DEMOGRAPHY; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH; UNITED STATES;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH;

HUMANS; MORALS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1442300281     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s096318010413106x     Document Type: Review

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