Moral and legal uncertainty within medicine: The role of clinical ethics committees

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1007, 2009, Pages 449-450

  Doyal, Len ^a   Doyal, Lesley ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; HUMANS; MORALS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 70349105463     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2009.083063     Document Type: Editorial

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