A systematic review of empirical bioethics methodologies

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Davies, Rachel ^a   Ives, Jonathan ^a   Dunn, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coherence; Consensus; Empirical bioethics; Epistemology; Integrated ethics; Method; Methodology

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOETHICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL THEORY; HUMANS; MORALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84928741170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12910-015-0010-3     Document Type: Review

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