Invited Commentary: From Moral Reflexes to Ethical Reflection: Ethical Commentary on the Refusal of Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Intravenous Drug Abuse, Active Hepatitis C, or HIV/AIDS

Norbert W. Paul

doi:10.1055/s-0035-1551680

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Table of Contents

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2016; 64(01): 012-014
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1551680

Invited Commentary

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Invited Commentary: From Moral Reflexes to Ethical Reflection: Ethical Commentary on the Refusal of Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Intravenous Drug Abuse, Active Hepatitis C, or HIV/AIDS

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Norbert W. Paul

¹Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center, Institute for the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine and Clinical Ethics Committee, Mainz, Germany

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