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- Abortion
- Advance Treatment Directives
- Aggressive treatment
- Animal testing
- Assisted reproduction
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- Bioethics
- Biolaw
- Biomedicine
- Biotechnology
- Doctor-patient relationship
- End-of-life decisions
- Eugenics
- Euthanasia
- Fundamental rights
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- Living will
- Medical treatment
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- Principle of self-determination
- Surrogate motherhood
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170 Ethics
- 174.2 Physicians
- 179.7 Life - Dueling - Suicide
179.76 Abortion
200 Religion
320 Political science
- 323.3 The state and social groups
323.34 Women - 323.4 The state and the individual
323.44 Liberty
340 Law
- 340.1 Theory
340.112 Ethics, natural law
342 Constitutional and administrative law
- 342.08 Jurisdiction over persons
342.084 Abortion
342.0878 Women - 342.4508 Jurisdiction over persons (Italy)
342.45084 Abortion (Italy)
344 Labor, social service, education, cultural law
- 344.04 Miscellaneous social problems and services
344.041 Healthcare personnel and their activities
344.0419 Specific issues of medical practice
344.04196 Human experimentation
344.043 Disease control - 344.4504 Miscellaneous social problems and services (Italy)
344.45041 Healthcare personnel and their activities (Italy)
344.450419 Specific issues of medical practice (Italy)
344.4504196 Human experimentation (Italy)
344.4504197 Terminal care (Italy) - 344.45043 Disease control (Italy)
345 Criminal law
- 345.025 Crimes against the person
345.45025 Crimes against the person (Italy)
346 Private law
- 346.01 Family and Domestic Law
- 346.012 Legal Personality of Individuals
- 346.013 Personal Capacity and Rights of Particular Categories of People
346.01308 Groups of people - 346.017 Child Custody Law
- 346.4501 Family and Domestic law (Italy)
346.45012 Legal Personality of Individuals (Italy)
346.45013 Personal Capacity and Rights of Particular Categories of People (Italy)
346.4501308 Groups of people (Italy)
346.45017 Child Custody Law (Italy)
500 Natural sciences & mathematics
- 570 Biology
- 572.8 Biochemistry genetics
- 576 Genetics and evolution
576.5 Genetics
576.8 Evolution
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28 Social questions
MT 2806 family
MT 2826 social life
eBook collections
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Find journals by Decimal Dewey Classification
170 Ethics
- 174.2 Physicians
320 Political science
- 323.4 The state and the individual
323.44 Liberty
342 Constitutional and administrative law
- 342.08 Jurisdiction over persons
344 Labor, social service, education, cultural law
345 Criminal law
- 345.025 Crimes against the person
346 Private law
- 346.01 Family and Domestic Law
346.013 Personal Capacity and Rights of Particular Categories of People
500 Natural sciences & mathematics
- 570 Biology
- 572.8 Biochemistry genetics
- 576 Genetics and evolution
576.5 Genetics
576.8 Evolution
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- Abortion
- Animal testing
- Assisted reproduction
- Assisted suicide
- Bioethics
- Biomedicine
- Biotechnology
- Doctor-patient relationship
- Euthanasia
- Fundamental rights
- Medical treatment
- Patient rights
eJournal collections
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Cambridge Core Journals
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Free resources
- BioLaw Journal - Rivista di BioDiritto
- Counsil of Europe - Free resources and publications in Bioethics
- European Institute of Bioethics
- Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri - Comitato nazionale per la bioetica
- Rivista di biodiritto
Subscribed portals
- Heinonline
- Statista
- Bioethics (parola chiave)