Do ethical guidelines give guidance? A critical examination of eight ethics regulations

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-29

  Eriksson, Stefan ^a,b   Höglund, Anna T ^a   Helgesson, Gert ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Research Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

CODES OF ETHICS; COMPREHENSION; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 37349005318     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180108080031     Document Type: Review

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