Issues in bioethics: Ethics in health policy and guidelines in healthcare

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-119

  Aarons, D E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b NONE   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD WELFARE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHARMACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33746532597     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442006000200010     Document Type: Article

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