A survey of Louisiana hospital ethics committees

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 330-340

  Gonsoulin, Thomas P ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Otolaryngology/Biomedical Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital ethics committees; State; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL ETHICS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 63249133299     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20087     Document Type: Article

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