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Medical Ethics in the Soviet Union
Author(s) -
Veatch Robert M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3563133
Subject(s) - soviet union , political science , law , politics
An American medical ethicist finds the spirit of glasnost and perestroika permeating Soviet medical ethics. These themes, along with a heightened historical consciousness, and a commitment to the Hippocratic tradition, have reinforced a conviction about the infinite value of life