Clinical ethics committees in Norway: What do they do, and does it make a difference?

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 389-395

  Førde, Reidun ^a   Pedersen, Reidar ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS CONSULTATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NORWAY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79959217040     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180111000077     Document Type: Article

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