Stories from the operating room: Moral dilemmas for nurses

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 405-415

  Killen, Aileen r ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

moral actions; moral outcomes; morality; perioperative nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CHARACTER; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MODEL; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHARACTER; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALS; MOTIVATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OPERATING ROOM NURSING; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036654364     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733002ne524oa     Document Type: Article

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