The importance of secularism in medical ethics: The Turkish example

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 24-28

  Arda, Berna ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Medical ethics; Secularism; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CIVILIZATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FREEDOM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MOSLEM; PATERNALISM; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RELIGION; SECULARISM; SOCIETY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WELLBEING;

EID: 33847199365     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60721-3     Document Type: Article

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