Developing a Comprehensive Exam for a Bioethics Master’s Program
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 July 2014
The aim of this section is to expand and accelerate advances in methods of teaching bioethics. Bioethics educators are invited to send submissions to T. Kushner at kushnertk@gmail.com.
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