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Will international human rights subsume medical ethics? Intersections in the UNESCO Universal Bioethics Declaration
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- Published on: 20 April 2005
- Published on: 20 April 2005ethics in educationShow More
Dear Editor,
As the author concludes, medical ethics will probably have to embrace international human rights if its credibility is to be enhanced and it is to meet challenges ahead. However, at the end of the article I noticed the interesting tale of the virtue seeking pilgrim which emphasises that wisdom lies in the heart of man and not in laws or words.
I believe that the way human rights are 'embr...
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