Residential paraprofessionals' perceptions of and responses to work-related ethical dilemmas

Mental Retardation

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-242

  Oliver, Matthew N I ^a   Yutrzenka, Barbara A ^a   Redinius, Pat L ^b  

^a University of South Dakota   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

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

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0036615775     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2002)040<0235:RPPOAR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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