American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 191, Issue 4 , Pages 1097-1102 , October 2004

Argument-based medical ethics: A formal tool for critically appraising the normative medical ethics literature

  • Laurence B. McCullough, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
  • ,
  • John H. Coverdale, MD, FRANZP

      Affiliations

    • and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
    • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  • ,
  • Frank A. Chervenak, MD

      Affiliations

    • and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

Received 3 March 2003 ,Revised 15 May 2004 ,Accepted 2 June 2004.

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PII: S0002-9378(04)00660-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.06.060

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 191, Issue 4 , Pages 1097-1102 , October 2004