Nursing advocacy in an Australian multidisciplinary context: Findings on medico-centrism

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 394-402

  McGrath, Pam ^a,b   Holewa, Hamish ^a   McGrath, Zoe ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Brisbane Office   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Ethics; Medical decision making; Medico centrism; Multi disciplinary team; Nursing perspective; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; QUEENSLAND; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 33751292389     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2006.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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