The principle of double effect as a guide for medical decision-making

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 465-473

  Spielthenner, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Double effect; Ethical decision making; Ethics; Intentions; Medical decision making

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DOUBLE EFFECT PRINCIPLE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 57949107895     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-008-9128-0     Document Type: Article

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