Moral sensitivity in psychiatric practice

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 472-481

  Lützén, Kim ^a   Evertzon, Mats ^b   Nordin, Conny ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ethics; Moral sensitivity; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; PATERNALISM; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; AGED; BENEFICENCE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; MORALS; PATERNALISM; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL VALUES; TRUST;

EID: 0031265127     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096973309700400604     Document Type: Article

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