Contemporary medical ethics: An overview from iran

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 192-196

  Larijani, Bagher ^a   Zahedi, Farzaneh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Ethics committee; Iran; Medical ethics; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; BIOETHICS; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; IRAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RELIGION; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

BENEFICENCE; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CODES OF ETHICS; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HIPPOCRATIC OATH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; IRAN; ISLAM; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MORALS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 57349086380     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2006.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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