How to connect bioethics and environmental ethics: Health, sustainability, and justice

Bioethics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 497-502

  Dwyer, James ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Ecological footprint; Environmental ethics; Health; Justice; Life expectancy; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOETHICS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 70349634911     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2009.01759.x     Document Type: Article

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