Legal and institutional fictions in medical ethics: A common, and yet largely overlooked, phenomenon

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 362-364

  Epstein, Miran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RECUMBENCY; RESEARCH ETHICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

BIOETHICS; DECEPTION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 34250790754     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2006.017277     Document Type: Article

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