Ethics meetings in support of good nursing care: Some practice-based thoughts

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 612-622

  de Casterlé, Bernadette Dierckx ^a   Meulenbergs, Tom ^a   van de Vijver, Lut ^b   Tanghe, Anne ^c   Gastmans, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Maria Middelares Hospital   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

ethical reflection; ethics committees; interprofessional dialogue; nurses; nursing ethics

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; STANDARD;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS;

BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0036835412     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733002ne555oa     Document Type: Article

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