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The Unique Nature of Clinical Ethics in Allied Health Pediatrics: Implications for Ethics Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2010

CLARE DELANY ,
MERLE SPRIGGS ,
CRAIG L FRY  and
LYNN GILLAM
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Ethics education is recognized as an integral component of health professionals’ education and has been occurring in various guises in the curricula of health professional training in many countries since at least the 1970s. However, there are a number of different aims and approaches adopted by individual educators, programs, and, importantly, different health professions that may be characterized according to strands or trends in ethics education.

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Special Section: Bioethics Education
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , October 2010 , pp. 471 - 480
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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