The development of a descriptive evaluation tool for clinical ethics case consultations

Clinical Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 136-141

  Pedersen, R ^a   Hurst, S A ^b   Schildmann, J ^c   Schuster, S ^d   Molewijk, B ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f GGNet   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84992812352     PISSN: 14777509     EISSN: 1758101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ce.2010.010025     Document Type: Article

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