Ethics consultation in children's hospitals: Results from a survey of pediatric clinical ethicists

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 742-746

  Kesselheim, Jennifer C ^a,b   Johnson, Judith ^b   Joffe, Steven ^c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHICIST; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALARY; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICISTS; ETHICS CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 77950582196     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1813     Document Type: Article

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