A national study of ethics committees

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 60-64

  McGee, Glenn ^a   Caplan, Arthur L ^a   Spanogle, Joshua P ^b   Asch, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Clinical ethics; Ethics committees; Ethics consultation; Healthcare ethics committees; Hospital ethics committees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS CONSULTATION; HOSPITALS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035468809     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/152651601317139531     Document Type: Article

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