Physicians' beliefs about conscience in medicine: A national survey

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1276-1282

  Lawrence, Ryan E ^a   Curlin, Farr A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION;

EID: 70349130803     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181b18dc5     Document Type: Article

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