Bioethics: An export product? Reflections on hands-on involvement in exploring the "external" vlidity of international bioethical declarations

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 367-377

  Levitt, Mairi ^a   Zwart, Hub ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioethics experts; Human dignity; Public engagement; Public policy; UNESCO; Yakutsk

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349948983     PISSN: 11767529     EISSN: 18724353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-009-9168-z     Document Type: Article

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