A pilot study of selected Japanese nurses' ideas on patient advocacy

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 404-413

  Davis, Anne J ^a,b   Konishi, Emiko ^b   Tashiro, Marie ^b  

^a Nagano College of Nursing ^*  (United States)

^b NAGANO COLLEGE OF NURSING   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Morality; Nursing advocacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

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

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BUDDHISM; CONFUCIANISM; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHICAL RELATIVISM; ETHICS, NURSING; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; MORALS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PILOT PROJECTS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 0141677731     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733003ne621oa     Document Type: Review

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