Whistleblowing as a failure of organizational ethics

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages

  Fletcher, James J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Sorrell, Jeanne M ^d,h   Silva, Mary Cipriano ^d,i,j,k,l  

^a IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e George Mason Faculty   (United States)

^f Office of Health Care Ethics   (United States)

^g Prnc William Hlth Syst B ^*  (United States)

^h Nursing Program   (United States)

ⁱ OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^k GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Amer Acad Nursing Expert Panel E   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; JUSTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NURSE; NURSING; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 3042713954     PISSN: 10913734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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