The defining issues test and the four component model: Contributions to professional education

Journal of Moral Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-295

  Bebeau, Muriel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CURRICULUM; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAWYER; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; NURSING STUDENT; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, VETERINARY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ETHICS, DENTAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, NURSING; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAWYERS; MALE; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; STUDENTS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0036748060     PISSN: 03057240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305724022000008115     Document Type: Article

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