Whistleblowing and boundary violations: Exposing a colleague in the forensic milieu

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 526-537

  Peternelj Taylor, Cindy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary violations; Ethical decision making; Whistleblowing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ETHICS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; PEER GROUP; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WHISTLEBLOWING;

MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF; PEER GROUP; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; WHISTLEBLOWING;

EID: 33745290859     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733003ne634oa     Document Type: Article

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