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Liberalism is a big word in bioethics. It smacks of freedom—the freedom of patients from unwanted therapeutic interventions, the freedom of physicians to practice according to what they consider the state of the art, the freedom of society from unwanted regulation, everyone's freedom to form an...

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Main Author: Biller-Andorno, Nikola (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2011
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 37, Issue: 6, Pages: 326
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