Commitment to change: Ideational roots, empirical evidence, and ethical implications

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 133-140

  Mazmanian, Paul E ^a   Waugh, Jessica L ^a   Mazmanian, Pamela M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment to change; Continuing medical education; Ethics of control; Evaluating change; Planned change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345611614     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.4750170301     Document Type: Article

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