Relief of suffering and regard for personhood: Nurses' ethical concerns in Japan and the USA

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 449-458

  Doutrich, Dawn ^a   Wros, Peggy ^b   Izumi, Shigeko ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Linfield Good Samaritan Sch Nursing   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ethics; Japan; nursing; transcultural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PAIN; PERSONHOOD; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PAIN; PERSONHOOD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942673373     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096973300100800508     Document Type: Article

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