Teaching medical ethics to undergraduate students in post-apartheid South Africa, 2003-2006

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 673-677

  Moodley, Keymanthri ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 36049006428     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2006.018432     Document Type: Article

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