Ethical guidelines in surgical patient care

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-58

  Angelos, Peter ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 0032941220     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(98)00270-1     Document Type: Article

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