A fundamental ethical approach to nursing: Some proposals for ethics education

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 494-507

  Gastmans, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ethics education; ethics of care; moral perception; moral sensitivity; nurse patient relationship; nursing; nursing ethics; virtue ethics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EDUCATION; ETHICAL THEORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS;

EDUCATION, NURSING; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; MORALS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; VIRTUES;

EID: 0036725501     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733002ne539oa     Document Type: Article

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