Teaching old dogs new tricks: The role of analogies in bioethical analysis and argumentation concerning new technologies

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 397-413

  Hofmann, Bjørn ^a,d   Solbakk, Jan Helge ^a,c   Holm, Søren ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Analogies; Biobank research; Epistemological norms; Moral norms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORALITY; PERCEPTION;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; SYMBOLISM; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 33750620155     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-006-9018-5     Document Type: Article

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