Be careful what you wish for? Theoretical and ethical aspects of wish-fulfilling medicine

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-143

  Buyx, Alena M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concepts of disease illness; Decision making in medicine; Doctor patient relationship; Enhancement; Goals of medicine; Justice in health care; Patient autonomy; Preference oriented medicine, theory of medicine; Wish fulfilling medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

BIOMEDICAL ENHANCEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

EID: 46149089426     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-007-9111-1     Document Type: Article

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