A critical review of the arguments debating the role of the nurse advocate

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 439-445

  Hewitt, Jeanette ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Advocacy; Autonomy; Conflict; Education; Empowerment; Ethics; Health care; Humanism; Law; Morality; Nursing; Power

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMANISM; INFORMED CONSENT; KNOWLEDGE; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANISM; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB DESCRIPTION; KNOWLEDGE; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 0036511739     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02110.x     Document Type: Article

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