Blowing the whistle to protect a patient: A comparison between physiotherapy students and physiotherapists

Physiotherapy (United Kingdom)

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 307-312

  Mansbach, Abraham ^a   Melzer, Itzik ^a   Bachner, Yaacov G ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Patient Advocacy; Professional misconduct; Whistleblowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868203240     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: 18731465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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