The "fetus as patient": A critique

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 47-50

  Brown, Stephen D ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MORALITY; MOTHER; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONHOOD; PREGNANCY;

BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL THEORY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MOTHERS; PATIENT RIGHTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONHOOD; PREGNANCY;

EID: 50949102636     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160802248377     Document Type: Article

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