Dealing with the normative dimension in clinical ethics consultation

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-359

  Reiter Theil, Stella ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLERGY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICIST; ETHICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RELIGION; SECULARISM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TWINS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

ADULT; CLERGY; ETHICISTS; ETHICS CONSULTATION; ETHICS, CLINICAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; RELIGION; SECULARISM; SOCIAL VALUES; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TWINS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 48349094730     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180109090550     Document Type: Article

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