Three ways to politicize bioethics

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 43-54

  Brown, Mark B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics councils; Communitarianism; Liberalism; Public bioethics; Republicanism

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOETHICS; CONFLICT; ETHICIST; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; POLICY; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOETHICS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHICISTS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61649121367     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160802617811     Document Type: Article

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