Sinning against nature: The theory of background conditions

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 629-634

  Blackford, Russell ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; DECISION MAKING; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORALITY; NATURAL SCIENCE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NATURE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33751202931     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.015016     Document Type: Article

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