Should the practice of medicine be a deontological or utilitarian enterprise?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 267-270

  Garbutt, Gerard ^a   Davies, Peter ^b  

^a Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ETHICAL THEORY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 79955464529     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2010.036111     Document Type: Article

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