The Irrelevance of Equipoise 

Author: Robert M. Veatch ^a

Affiliation:

a Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

DOI: 10.1080/03605310701255776

Publication Frequency: 6 issues per year

Published in: Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Volume 32, Issue 2 March 2007 , pages 167 - 183

Subjects: Medicine: Medical Ethics; Ethics Philosophy: Medical Ethics;

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The circumstances under which this title is published have changed:

Reason for change: Changed Publisher
Now published by: Oxford University Press
Date of change: 2008

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