Winding roads and faded signs: Ethical decision making in a postmodern world

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 1-11

  Coverston, Catherine ^a   Rogers, Sandra ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Decision making; Ethics; Ethics concepts; Ethics nursing; Moral reasoning; Relativism; Standpoint; Technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS;

BIOETHICS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL RELATIVISM; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORALS; NEONATAL NURSING; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0034286113     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005237-200009000-00002     Document Type: Article

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