Confidence and knowledge of medical ethics among interns entering residency in different specialties

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 230-235

  Sulmasy, Daniel P ^a,b   Ferris, Robert E ^c   Ury, Wayne A ^a,d,e  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL MANHATTAN   (United States)

^c General Clinical Research Center   (United States)

^d St Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers   (United States)

^e Department of Medicine and Psychiatry ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOETHICS; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICINE; PEDIATRICS; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURGERY;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; SELF CONCEPT; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY;

EID: 27644532363     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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