The Israeli abortion committees' process of decision making: An ethical analysis

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-30

  Rimon Zarfaty, Nitzan ^a   Jotkowitz, Alan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDUCED ABORTION; ISRAEL; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ABORTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; POLITICS; PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, LEGAL; DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JURISPRUDENCE; POLITICS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84856967482     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2009.032797     Document Type: Article

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