Are nursing codes of practice ethical?

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-18

  Pattison, Stephen ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accountability; codes; ethics; professionalism

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDWIFE; NOMENCLATURE; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED KINGDOM CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR NURSING, MIDWIFERY AND HEALTH VISITING;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; UNITED KINGDOM CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR NURSING, MIDWIFERY AND HEALTH VISITING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CODES OF ETHICS; ETHICS, NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MIDWIFERY; NURSE MIDWIVES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIETIES, NURSING; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 2342536027     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096973300100800103     Document Type: Article

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