Shaping medical students' attitudes toward ethically important aspects of clinical research: Results of a randomized, controlled educational intervention

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-50

  Roberts, Laura Weiss ^a   Warner, Teddy D ^b   Dunn, Laura B ^c   Brody, Janet L ^d   Hammond, Katherine A Green ^e   Roberts, Brian B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Clinical research; Ethics education; Medical education; Randomized controlled trial; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548580040     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508420701309937     Document Type: Article

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