Silence in court: The devaluation of the stories of nurses in the narratives of health law

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 191-199

  Chiarella, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feminist and critical race jurisprudence; Legal expectations of nurses; Legal images of nurses; Nurse doctor relationships; Nurses' clinical decision making responsibilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842815082     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1800.2000.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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