Better reproductive healthcare for women with disabilities: A role for nursing leadership

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 134-151

  Phillips, Lorraine J ^a,c   Phillips, Win ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Austin Heart   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical ethics; Disability ethics; Nursing ethics; Nursing leadership; Persons with disabilities; Reproductive healthcare; Women with disabilities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISABLED PERSONS; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 33646940125     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00012272-200604000-00007     Document Type: Article

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