A study of the ethical sensitivity of physicians in Turkey

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 472-484

  Ersoy, Nermin ^a   Gündoǧmuş, Ümit N ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Analysing a case; Clinical ethics training; Ethical sensitivity; Moral decision making; Turkey; Using scenarios

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 33644541606     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733003ne6290a     Document Type: Article

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