Identifying Bioethics Learning Needs: A Survey of Canadian Emergency Medicine Residents

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 645-652

  Pauls, Merril A ^a   Ackroyd Stolarz, Stacy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bioethics; needs assessment; postgraduate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CANADA; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

BIOETHICS; CANADA; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DRUG INDUSTRY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SPOUSE ABUSE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33646742549     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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