Ethics training for military medical trainees: The Brooke Army Medical Center experience

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 968-974

  Kemp, Kenneth R ^a   Thompson, Jennifer C ^a   Jefferson, Thomas ^a   Ong, Bruce ^b   Sharkey, Christine D ^c   Jeffries, Joseph ^d   Nuñez, Lara ^e  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Hunter Army Airfield   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d US Army Medical Department Center & School   (United States)

^e Guantanamo Joint Task Force/525 Military Police Battalion ^*  (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COURSE CONTENT; COURSE EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; REVIEW; TRAINING;

EID: 53949098328     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.10.968     Document Type: Review

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