Respect for human dignity: A central phenomenon to philosophically unite nursing theory and practice through consilience of knowledge

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-35

  Jacobs, Barbara Bennett ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Consilience; Dignity; Nursing theory; Philosophy; Respect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY; SCIENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; NURSING; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; SCIENCE; SOCIAL VALUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035464625     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00012272-200109000-00005     Document Type: Article

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