Legal and institutional fictions in medical ethics: a common, and yet largely overlooked, phenomenon.
Epstein
Miran
M
Academic Unit for Human Science and Medical Ethics, Institute of Health Sciences Education, Centre for Health Sciences, St. Bartholomew's, Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK. m.epstein@qmul.ac.uk
D001675:Bioethics; D008192:Deception; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D032984:Ethics, Research; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics; D007603:Jurisprudence; D016743:Mental Competency; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000941:ethics; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics