Chapter 2 Ian Ramsey, theology and 'trans-disciplinary' medical ethics

Recent decades have witnessed profound shifts in the politics of medicine and the biological sciences. Members of several professions, including philosophers, lawyers and social scientists, now discuss and help regulate issues that were once left to doctors and scientists, in a form of outside invol...

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Main Author: Wilson, Duncan (auth)
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Language:English
Published: Manchester University Press 2014
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