The quest for universality: Reflections on the universal draft declaration on bioethics and human rights

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 258-266

  Rawlinson, Mary C ^a   Donchin, Anne ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED NATIONS;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON BIOETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOETHICS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMINISM; GUIDELINES; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PHILOSOPHY; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 24744458771     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2005.00124.x     Document Type: Review

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