Curricular priorities for business ethics in medical practice and research: Recommendations from Delphi consensus panels

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  DuBois, James M ^a   Kraus, Elena M ^b   Gursahani, Kamal ^b   Mikulec, Anthony ^b   Bakanas, Erin ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Business in medicine; Clinical ethics; Delphi consensus; Graduate medical education; Healthcare industry; Medical business ethics; Medical education; Medical ethics; Professional ethics

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS ETHICS; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; CURRICULUM; DELPHI STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CONSENSUS; CURRICULUM; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ETHICS, BUSINESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84964312790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-235     Document Type: Article

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