Is emotional labour ethical?

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 638-642

  Smith, Pam ^a   Lorentzon, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

EMOTIONS; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 27844537951     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733005ne833xx     Document Type: Conference Paper

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