The meaning of being in ethically difficult care situations in paediatric care as narrated by female Registered Nurses

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-292

  Sørlie, Venke ^a   Jansson, Lilian ^b   Norberg, Astrid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethical difficulty; Female nurses; Narratives; Paediatrics; Phenomenological hermeneutics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONSCIENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; ADULT; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSCIENCE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, NURSING; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NORWAY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0242335182     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-6712.2003.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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