Assessing ethical problem solving by reasoning rather than decision making

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1188-1197

  Tsai, Tsuen Chiuan ^a,b   Harasym, Peter H ^c   Coderre, Sylvain ^c   McLaughlin, Kevin ^c   Donnon, Tyrone ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICAL REASONING INVENTORY; GRADUATE STUDENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL STUDENT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TAIWAN; VERBALIZATION; VIGNETTE;

ADULT; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450196934     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03516.x     Document Type: Article

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