Retired Registered Nurses' Stories about Being in Ethically Difficult Care Situations

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-134

  Melchert, Eva ^a   Udén, Gigi ^b   Norberg, Astrid ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ethics; Experiential learning; Guiding principles; Retired nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CONFLICT; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CHANGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHICS; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; NARRATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CHANGE; VIRTUES;

EID: 0031089453     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096973309700400204     Document Type: Article

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