Will international human rights subsume medical ethics? Intersections in the UNESCO Universal Bioethics Declaration

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 173-178

  Faunce, Thomas A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL RIGHTS; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTRACEPTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONHUMAN; POLITICS; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED NATIONS;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; INTERNATIONAL BIOETHICS COMMITTEE (UNESCO);

BIOETHICS; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS COMMITTEES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 15044341752     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2004.006502     Document Type: Article

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