Privacy versus history: How far should the dead hand reach?

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-63

  Appel, Jacob M ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; CADAVER; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EGYPT; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PRIVACY; PUBLIC FIGURE; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

CADAVER; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EGYPT; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FAMOUS PERSONS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MUMMIES; OWNERSHIP; PRIVACY; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84055221917     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180111000491     Document Type: Review

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