Evaluating moral reasoning outcomes in physical therapy ethics education: stage, schema, phase, and type

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 167-175

  Swisher, Laura Lee ^a   Kessel, Gisela van ^b   Jones, Mark ^b   Beckstead, Jason ^a   Edwards, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Ethics; Moral judgment; Moral reasoning; Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927947355     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743288X12Y.0000000011     Document Type: Article

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