The story of the body and the story of the person: Towards an ethics of representing human bodies and body-parts

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 193-205

  Barilan, Y Michael ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Art; Body art; Contemporary; Freak show; Human anatomy; Human body; Prostitution

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ART; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DEATH AND DIGNITY: MAKING CHOICES AND TAKING CHARGE (QUILL, T.E.); ETHICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DEATH AND DIGNITY: MAKING CHOICES AND TAKING CHARGE (QUILL, T.E.);

ANATOMY, ARTISTIC; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MEDICINE IN ART; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS;

EID: 23244444841     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-004-6492-2     Document Type: Article

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