The role of emotions in moral case deliberation: Theory, practice, and methodology

Bioethics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 383-393

  Molewijk, Bert ^a   Kleinlugtenbelt, Dick ^b   Widdershoven, Guy ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GGNet   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aristotle; Clinical ethics consultation; Clinical ethics support services; Emotions; Methodology; Moral decision making; Moral deliberation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY;

DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS CONSULTATION; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; MORALS; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 79960861311     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2011.01914.x     Document Type: Article

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