Critical reflections on the principle of beneficence in biomedicine

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-

  Mawere, Munyaradzi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Universidade Pedagógica Campus de Lhanguene   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Beneficence; Biomedicine; Medical ethics; Principle; Reflections

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; BIOMEDICINE; CONFIDENTIALITY; COST CONTROL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT INFORMATION; POVERTY; RISK REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

EID: 84867068943     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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