By-person factor analysis in clinical ethical decision making: Q methodology in end-of-life care decisions

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Wong, William ^a   Eiser, Arnold R ^b   Mrtek, Robert G ^a   Heckerling, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

By person factor analysis; Casuistry; Clinical ethics; Q sort; Qualitative method; Subjective decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BENEFICENCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; BENEFICENCE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NARRATION; PHYSICIANS; Q-SORT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 28244487412     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160490505506     Document Type: Review

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