Killing for the state: The darkest side of American nursing

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-10

  Holmes, Dave ^a   Federman, Cary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital punishment; Caring; Ethics; Foucault; Governmentality; Nursing; Power

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEATH; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; EMPATHY; HISTORY; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL ETHICS; PUNISHMENT;

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; EMPATHY; ETHICS, NURSING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038176683     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1800.2003.00162.x     Document Type: Review

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