Nursing students' responses to ethical dilemmas in nursing practice

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-27

  Dierckx De Casterlé, Bernadette ^a   Grypdonck, Mieke ^b   Vuylsteke Wauters, Magda ^c   Janssen, Piet J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c University Centre of Statistics   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Caring; Ethical practice; Ethical reasoning; Kohlberg

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CONFLICT; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NURSING STUDENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BELGIUM; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; MORALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 0030639802     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096973397673125995     Document Type: Article

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