Reconsidering the pseudo-patient study

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 325-332

  Herrera, C D ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOETHICS; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FREEDOM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METHODOLOGY; RECUMBENCY; STANDARD; TEACHING; TRUST;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOETHICS; DECEPTION; FREEDOM; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SIMULATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRUST;

EID: 0035377041     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180101213127     Document Type: Review

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