Who is measuring the ethical quality of care in American medicine? No one, yet

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Wynia, Matthew K ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; SELF EVALUATION; VACCINATION; ETHICS; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646860529     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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