The concept of vulnerability in medical ethics and philosophy
Abstract Background Healthcare is permeated by phenomena of vulnerability and their ethical significance. Nonetheless, application of this concept in healthcare ethics today is largely confined to clinical research. Approaches that further elaborate the concept in order to make it suitable for healt...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
BMC
2019-04-01
|
| Series: | Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13010-019-0075-6 |