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Comments on “Paternalism and Health Care”

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Contemporary Issues in Biomedical Ethics

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Professor Graber urges us to keep paternalism to an absolute minimum in all areas of life. It would be easier to assess this injuction if he had explained more clearly what paternalism is.

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Ellin, J. (1978). Comments on “Paternalism and Health Care”. In: Davis, J.W., Hoffmaster, B., Shorten, S. (eds) Contemporary Issues in Biomedical Ethics. Contemporary Issues in Biomedical Ethics. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6239-8_21

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