Beyond a western bioethics?

Theological Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 158-177

  Ryan, Maura A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RELIGION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOETHICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHRISTIANITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES; WESTERN WORLD; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 16544381219     PISSN: 00405639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004056390406500105     Document Type: Review

References (49)

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