Restoring humanity in health and social care - Some suggestions

Clinical Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 105-110

  Gillon, Raanan ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomedical ethics; Compassion in health care; Humanity in health care; Medical ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901398540     PISSN: 14777509     EISSN: 1758101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477750913502618     Document Type: Article

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