Bushido and medical professionalism in Japan

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 560-563

  Nishigori, Hiroshi ^a   Harrison, Rebecca ^b   Busari, Jamiu ^c   Dornan, Tim ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84897572429     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000176     Document Type: Review

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