Critical Reflections about Professional Ethical Stances: Have We Lost Sight of the Major Objectives?

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 119-126

  McAlpine, Heather ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CONFLICT; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; ETHICAL THEORY; GROUP PROCESS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS;

DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EMPATHY; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS, NURSING; GROUP PROCESSES; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; MORALS; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0030097649     PISSN: 00223158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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