Ethics committees in Croatia in the healthcare institutions: The first study about their structure and functions, and some reflections on the major issues and problems

HEC Forum

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-60

  Borovečki, Ana ^a,c   Ten Have, Henk ^b,d   Orešković, Stjepan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROATIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROFESSION;

EID: 33645974833     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10730-006-7987-4     Document Type: Article

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