Sacrifice: An ethical dimension of caring that makes suffering meaningful

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 414-427

  Helin, Kaija ^a   Lindström, Unni Å ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Caring; Ethic; Medieval Christian mysticism; Sacrifice

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPATHY; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; EXISTENTIALISM; HUMAN; LOVE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; MYSTICISM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS APPROACH; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RELIGIOUS APPROACH;

ALTRUISM; CHRISTIANITY; CODES OF ETHICS; EMPATHY; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS, NURSING; EXISTENTIALISM; HUMANS; LOVE; MYSTICISM; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0141677730     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733003ne622oa     Document Type: Review

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