Medical learning curves and the Kantian ideal

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 513-518

  Le Morvan, Pierre ^a   Stock, B ^b  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; POLICY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SKILL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIANS; RISK;

EID: 24944494927     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2004.009316     Document Type: Article

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