A confucian view of personhood and bioethics

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 171-179

  Yu, Erika ^a   Fan, Ruiping ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Confucianism; Informed consent; Personhood; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649017219     PISSN: 11767529     EISSN: 18724353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-007-9072-3     Document Type: Article

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