Currents in contemporary ethics

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 29, Issue 9999, 2001, Pages 401-406

  Simmons, Paul D ^a  

^a NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BIOETHICS; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CYBERNETICS; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

BIOETHICS; CYBERNETICS; FORECASTING; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT;

EID: 19844377396     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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