Common morality: Comment on beauchamp and childress

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-71

  Rauprich, Oliver ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coherence; Common morality; Principlism; Reflective equilibrium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; BIOMEDICINE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; JUSTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVACY; RACISM; SEXISM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHICAL RELATIVISM; ETHICAL THEORY; HUMANS; MORALS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 42449131290     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-008-9061-5     Document Type: Article

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