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One may tend to think of biomedical ethics issues from a noneconomic perspective, i.e., rights and responsibilities, life and death, situational “oughts.” Yet, as an interdisciplinary forum, biomedical ethics at times rubs shoulders with business ethics in its quest to explore patient care dilemmas and health-policy issues.
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Knowlton, C.H., Coster, J.M., Manolakis, M.M., Knapp, D.A., Penna, R.P. (1990). Physicians as Pharmacists. In: Humber, J.M., Almeder, R.F. (eds) Biomedical Ethics Reviews · 1989. Biomedical Ethics Reviews. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-444-3_4
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