More than cautionary tales: the role of fiction in bioethics

“Why should I struggle through hundreds of pages of fabrication to reach half a dozen very little truths? …Words are for truth. For facts. Not fiction.”—Conchis in The Magus, John Fowles.1Is there a role for fiction in explorations of ethics? Are words, as Conchis says, only for truth, for facts? Or...

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Main Author: Chan, Sarah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2009
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 35, Issue: 7, Pages: 398-399
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