Medical ethicists, human curiosities, and the new media midway

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 39-43

  Miles, Steven H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CONJOINED TWINS; ETHICIST; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MONSTER; REVIEW;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS;

ETHICISTS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MONSTERS; MUSEUMS; TWINS, CONJOINED;

EID: 25444503716     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160490496741     Document Type: Review

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