Moral and Ethical Decisions: To Be or Not to Be. The 39th Walter J. Zeiter Lecture

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-9

  Strax, Thomas E ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; BIOSTATISTICS; DISABILITY; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EUTHANASIA; HANDICAPPED CHILD; INFANTICIDE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORALITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIETY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSONS; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NATIONAL SOCIALISM; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE;

EID: 37449021262     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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