Ethical environment, healthcare work, and patient outcomes

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  McDaniel, Charlotte ^a   Veledar, Emir ^b   LeConte, Stephen ^a   Peltier, Scott ^a   Maciuba, Agata ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Karol Marcinkawski University of Medical Sciences

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749036578     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160600865273     Document Type: Review

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