Nurse-Patient Boundaries: Crossing the line

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 26-31

  Smith, Linda L ^a   Taylor, Barbara B ^a   Keys, Arie T ^a   Gornto, Sharron B ^a  

^a Intervention Project for Nurses   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES;

EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; SEX OFFENSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031309062     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-199712000-00042     Document Type: Article

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