Barriers and challenges in clinical ethics consultations: The experiences of nine clinical ethics committees

Bioethics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 460-469

  Pedersen, Reidar ^a   Akre, Victoria ^a   FØrde, Reidun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clinical ethics committees; Conflict; Ethics; Ethics consultation; Hospitals; Norway; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; ETHICS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS CONSULTATION; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NORWAY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 69549116788     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2008.00664.x     Document Type: Article

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