Ethical dilemmas in general hospitals: Differential perceptions of direct practitioners and directors of social services

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 25-44

  Landau, Ruth ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Directors; Ethical dilemmas; Hospitals; Practitioners; Social workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMAN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0033797054     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v30n04_03     Document Type: Article

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