Ethics in medicine

Jennifer Jackson. Cambridge: Published by Polity Press, 2006, £15.99 ($24.95), pp 232. ISBN 0-7456-2569-X What makes for a good book on ethics in medicine? Given that no one can do another’s moral thinking for them, this much at least: it should stimulate in the reader an inclination to critical ref...

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Main Author: Upton, H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2007
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2007, Volume: 33, Issue: 3, Pages: 185
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