Nurse practitioners in developing countries: Some ethical considerations

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 273-277

  Stark, Ruth ^a   Nair, N V K ^a   Omi, Shigeru ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

accessibility of health services; developing countries; nurse practitioners; primary health care

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WORK;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 0033154890     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096973309900600402     Document Type: Article

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