Reflective ability and moral reasoning in final year medical students: A semi-qualitative cohort study

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Chalmers, Patricia ^a   Dunngalvin, Audrey ^a   Shorten, George ^a  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; MORALITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MORALS; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955373205     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.558531     Document Type: Article

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