Integrity in the care of elderly people, as narrated by female physicians

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 388-403

  Nordam, Ann ^a   Sørlie, Venke ^a   Forde R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ethics; Female physicians; Geriatrics; Narrative

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STAFF; MORALITY; NORWAY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGHT TO DIE; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL RELATIVISM; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NARRATION; NORWAY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIGHT TO DIE; VIRTUES;

EID: 0141566344     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733003ne589oa     Document Type: Review

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