Reflections on the nature of public ethics

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-21

  Montgomery, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; POLICY; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL THEORY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PRESUMED CONSENT; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL VALUES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRUST;

EID: 84873853313     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180112000345     Document Type: Article

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