Navigating Towards a Moral Horizon: A Multisite Qualitative Study of Ethical Practice in Nursing

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 75-102

  Rodney, Paddy ^a,b   Varcoe, Colleen ^c   Storch, Janet L ^c   McPherson, Gladys ^c   Mahoney, Karen ^c   Brown, Helen ^c   Pauly, Bernadette ^c   Hartrick, Gwen ^c   Starzomski, Rosalie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LANGARA COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY;

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, NURSING; MORAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0036781389     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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