Hospital ethics committees: A survey in upstate New York

HEC Forum

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 222-244

  Milmore, Don ^a,b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEW YORK;

EID: 33750945122     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10730-006-9009-y     Document Type: Article

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