The bioethics of loneliness
This article poses an invitation for bioethicists to engage with loneliness as a bioethics and public health concern. I argue that loneliness is a relevant issue for bioethicists for three main reasons: it causes ill-health; particularly in the age of Covid-19, it is becoming prominent on the clinic...
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2021
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Bioethics
Year: 2021, Volume: 35, Issue: 5, Pages: 446-455 |
IxTheo Classification: | NCH Medical ethics |
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Loneliness
B Existential B Social Isolation |
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