Commentary: Ethical pitfalls can be hard to avoid

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7462, 2004, Pages 399-400

  Forrest, Duncan ^a   Barrett, James ^a  

^a AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; TORTURE; ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;

WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 4444225094     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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