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Ethics and Chronic Illness

Ethics and Chronic Illness

Tom Walker

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2019
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Ética y filosofía moral
ISBN:
9780367210205

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This book provides an account of the ethics of chronic illness. Chronic illness has features problematise key distinctions that underlie much existing work in medical ethics including those between beneficence and autonomy, between treatment and prevention, and between the recipient and provider of treatment.

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