Multi-institutional ethics committees: For rural hospitals, and urban ones too

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 69-71

  Pope, Thaddeus Mason ^a,b  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Widener University Law School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; ETHICS COMMITTEES; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; UNITED STATES; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 46049107146     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160802147074     Document Type: Note

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