The Auckland Hospital Ethics Committee: The first 7 years

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1205, 2004, Pages

  Pinnock, Ralph ^a   Crosthwaite, Jan ^b  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFLICT; CONSULTATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MANAGER; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 16644371181     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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