'Bending the truth': Professionals' narratives about lying and deception in nursing practice

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 292-302

  Tuckett, A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benevolence; Caring; Deception; Lying; Non maleficence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECUMBENCY; RESEARCH;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DECEPTION; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH;

EID: 0032176309     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(98)00043-1     Document Type: Article

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