The human condition of the professional: Discretion and accountability

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 519-526

  Hunt, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Indeterminacy; Procedural reductionism; Professional discretion

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMANISM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; POLICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WORK;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS;

ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANISM; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MORALS; POLICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0031264613     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096973397674510635     Document Type: Article

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