One into two will not go: Conceptualising conjoined twins

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 279-285

  Bratton, M Q ^a   Chetwynd, S B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONJOINED TWINS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH; RE A (CHILDREN) (CONJOINED TWINS: SURGICAL SEPARATION);

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; PERSONHOOD; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TWINS, CONJOINED;

EID: 3042847539     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2002.001289     Document Type: Article

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