Differences in ethical attitudes between registered nurses and medical students

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-161

  Elder, Ruth ^a   Price, John ^b   Williams, Gail ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethics; Medical students; Registered nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0037360115     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733003ne590oa     Document Type: Review

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