A face is not just like a hand: Pace barker

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 30-32

  Baylis, Françoise ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BODY IMAGE; ETHICS; FACE; GRAFT REJECTION; HAND; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; NOTE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

BODY IMAGE; FACE; GRAFT REJECTION; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 28244488687     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160490496804     Document Type: Note

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