The nurse's role as patient advocate: Obligation or imposition?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-66

  Willard, Carole ^a,b  

^a Manchester Coll Midwifery Nursing   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LICENSING; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; NURSING CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED KINGDOM CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR NURSING, MIDWIFERY AND HEALTH VISITING; WORK;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; UNITED KINGDOM CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR NURSING, MIDWIFERY AND HEALTH VISITING;

ETHICS, NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; LICENSURE, NURSING; NURSING CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY;

EID: 0030183145     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1996.01698.x     Document Type: Article

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