Conscientious objection in medicine

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7536, 2006, Pages 294-297

  Savulescu, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NOTE; PATERNALISM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

CONSCIENCE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; PATIENT RIGHTS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REFUSAL TO TREAT;

EID: 32544447416     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7536.294     Document Type: Note

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