Swearing to care: The resurgence in medical oaths

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7123, 1997, Pages 1671-1674

  Hurwitz, Brian ^a   Richardson, Ruth ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031588454     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7123.1671     Document Type: Short Survey

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