Physicians' access to ethics support services in four European countries

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 321-335

  Hurst, Samia A ^a   Reiter Theil, Stella ^b   Perrier, Arnaud ^c   Forde, Reidun ^d   Slowther, Anne Marie ^e   Pegoraro, Renzo ^f   Danis, Marion ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Fondazione Lanza   (Italy)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical ethics; Ethics committees; Ethics consultation; Europe; Health services accessibility physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; ETHICS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RANDOM SAMPLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPPORT GROUP; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS CONSULTATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 35748968476     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-007-0072-6     Document Type: Article

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