Perils of proximity: A spatiotemporal analysis of moral distress and moral ambiguity

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 218-225

  Peter, Elizabeth ^a   Liaschenko, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Feminist; Geography; Moral distress; Nurse patient relationship

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHICS; HUMAN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PATIENT CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMPATHY; HUMANS; MORALS; NARRATION; NORTH AMERICA; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING THEORY; PERSONAL SPACE; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11844268148     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2004.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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