Climate change is a bioethics problem

Bioethics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 305-308

  Macpherson, Cheryl Cox ^a  

^a George's University (SGU) School of Medicine   (Grenada)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Bioethics; Climate change; Public health; Public policy; Risk assessment; Social values

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 84880150250     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12029     Document Type: Article

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