Bioethics: An African Perspective

In this paper I have attempted to open a window on an African approach to Bioethics — that of the Nso' of the Bamenda Highlands of Kamerun — from the vantage position of someone who has familiarity with both African and Western cultures. Because of its scientific-cum-technological sophisticatio...

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Main Author: Tangwa, Godfrey B. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1996
In: Bioethics
Year: 1996, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 183-200
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