Development of a social justice gauge and its use to review the Canadian nurses association's code of ethics for registered nurses

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Davison, Colleen M ^a,e   Edwards, Nancy ^b   Webber, June ^c   Robinson, Sheila ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Canadian Nurses Association   (Canada)

^d National AIDS Authority   (Cambodia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Nursing ethics; Social justice; Social reform; Standards of practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845289277     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00012272-200610000-00010     Document Type: Review

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