The benefits of practice standards and other practice-defining texts: And why healthcare ethicists ought to explore them

HEC Forum

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 203-217

  Reel, Kevin ^a,b  

^a SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical ethics; Consultation; Ethics; Practice; Professionalization; Standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; ETHICIST; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STANDARD;

CANADA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHICISTS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 84872292598     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10730-012-9186-9     Document Type: Article

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