British Medical Journal
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[Re: comparison of legal dictation of ethical norms to “superior orders” defense at Nuremberg] “It was a plea of ” superior orders ” in justification of a profession changing an ethical rule which we said would be the ” sinister echo ” not the superior orders themselves (in this case the provisions of the Abortion Act).”
BMJ. (Editorial) Ethics and Abortion (Response). Br Med J. 1968;2(5598):173.