Report of a study to examine the process of ethics case consultation

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-55

  Jurchak, Martha ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CONFLICT; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICIST; ETHICS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; WORK;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSULTANTS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICISTS; ETHICS COMMITTEES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEGOTIATING; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034149971     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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