Ethical issues among Finnish occupational physicians and nurses

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 375-380

  Martimo, K P ^a   Antti Poika, M ^a   Leino, T ^a   Rossi, K ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ethics; Occupational health services; Occupational nurses; Occupational physicians; Postal survey; Values

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; FINLAND; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ATTITUDE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CASE REPORT; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EMPLOYMENT; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; GENETIC SCREENING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICES; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; SMOKING; SOCIAL VALUES;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0031596798     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/48.6.375     Document Type: Article

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