Nurses' views on ethical codes: A focus group study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 188-195

  Verpeet, Ellen ^a   Dierckx De Casterle, Bernadette ^a   Van Arend, Arie Der ^a   Gastmans, Chris A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethical code; Ethics; Focus groups; Nursing; Qualitative approaches

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING PROCESS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CODES OF ETHICS; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; NURSING PROCESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 22144499646     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03513.x     Document Type: Review

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