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01-09-2014 | Book Review
Principles of Biomedical Ethics, Seventh Edition Eds: Tom L. Beauchamp and James F. Childress Oxford University Press, 2013. XVI, 459 Pages, US$66.95, ISBN-13: 978-0-19-992458-5
Author:
Barry R. Masters
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Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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Issue 9/2014
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Excerpt
What factors influence the behavior of health-care professionals in the clinic and in the laboratory? Typically, there is a hierarchy of ideals and constraints at work. These influences can be both encouraging and restrictive; e.g. behaving in a kind, respectful, and compassionate manner encourages a specific behavior, and do no harm to others is a constraint on an individual’s action. …