Evaluation of clinical ethics consultation: A systematic review and critical appraisal of research methods and outcome criteria

Clinical Ethics Consultation: Theories and Methods, Implementation, Evaluation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 203-215

  Schildmann, Jan ^b   Vollmann, Jochen ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b NONE

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