The value of nurses' codes: European nurses' views

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 376-393

  Tadd, Win ^a   Clarke, Angela ^a   Lloyd, Llynos ^a   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^b   Strandell, Camilla ^b   Lemonidou, Chryssoula ^c   Petsios, Konstantinos ^c   Sala, Roberta ^d   Barazzetti, Gaia ^d   Radaelli, Stefania ^d   Zalewski, Zbigniew ^e   Bialecka, Anna ^e   Van Der Arend, Arie ^f   Heymans, Regien ^f  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European codes of ethics; Nurses' codes of ethics; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHICS; FINLAND; GREECE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; POLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CODES OF ETHICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FINLAND; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; POLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 33745763632     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733006ne891oa     Document Type: Article

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