Can our students recognize and resolve ethical dilemmas?

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1487-1500

  Shuman, Larry J ^a   Sindelar, Mark F ^a,c   Besterfield Sacre, Mary ^a,d   Wolfe, Harvey ^a,d   Pinkus, Rosa L ^a,e,f   Miller, Ronald L ^b   Olds, Barbara M ^b,g   Mitcham, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c Raw Mat and Technology Improvement   (United States)

^d University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^e Department of Medicine ^*

^f Center for Bioethics and Health Law

^g NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICAL PRACTIONERS; PROFESSIONAL SKILLS; VALIDATION; WEB BASED ASSESMENT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CURRICULA; DECISION MAKING; PROBLEM SOLVING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EDUCATION;

EID: 5444264019     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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