The ethical considerations associated with group work assessments

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1422-1427

  Noonan, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ethical issues; Group work; Peer assessment

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHICS; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ETHICS, NURSING; GROUP PROCESSES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84884284160     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.11.006     Document Type: Review

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