Health care ethics consultation: Nature, goals, and competencies. A position paper from the society for health and human values-society for bioethics consultation task force on standards for bioethics consultation

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-69

  Aulisio, Mark P ^a   Arnold, Robert M ^b   Youngner, Stuart J ^c   Hudson, Barbara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Case Western Reserve University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHICS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034604229     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-133-1-200007040-00012     Document Type: Review

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