Using empirical research to formulate normative ethical principles in biomedicine

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-48

  Ebbesen, Mette ^a,b,c   Pedersen, Birthe D ^a,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomedicine; Empirical ethics; Normative bioethical principles; Phenomenological hermeneutical method; Theory of Wide Reflective Equilibrium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; BIOETHICS; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

BENEFICENCE; BIOETHICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MORALS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 33846484321     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-006-9011-9     Document Type: Article

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