Bridging Western ethics and Japanese local ethics by listening to nurses' concerns

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-283

  Izumi, Shigeko ^a  

^a FUKUOKA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cultural values; Ethical concerns; Hermeneutics; Japanese nurses; Nursing ethics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BENEFICENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BENEFICENCE; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 33646714146     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733006ne874oa     Document Type: Article

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