Reification and compassion in medicine: A tale of two systems

Clinical Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 111-118

  Smajdor, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compassion; Empathy; Ethics; Recognition; Reification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901412682     PISSN: 14777509     EISSN: 1758101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477750913502620     Document Type: Article

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