The problem of 'thick in status, thin in content' in Beauchamp and Childress' principlism

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 525-528

  Lee, Marvin J H ^a  

^a New Being Press   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RELIGION;

BIOETHICS; ETHICAL RELATIVISM; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 77958089673     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2009.031054     Document Type: Article

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