Helping medical students to find their moral compasses: Ethics teaching for second and third year undergraduates

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 487-489

  Roff, S ^a   Preece, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENTIALITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MORALITY; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TEACHING; TERMINAL CARE; THINKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; CONFIDENTIALITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MORALS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TERMINAL CARE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 6444219658     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2003.003483     Document Type: Article

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