Consultation activities of clinical ethics committees in the United Kingdom: An empirical study and wake-up call

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1007, 2009, Pages 451-454

  Whitehead, Jessica M ^a   Sokol, D K ^a   Bowman, D ^a   Sedgwick, P ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 70349083701     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2008.075879     Document Type: Article

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