Establishing the need and identifying goals for a curriculum in medical business ethics: A survey of students and residents at two medical centers in Missouri

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

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

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

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CURRICULUM; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; MISSOURI; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84964313092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-708     Document Type: Article

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