Ethical conflicts in prehospital emergency care

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 592-607

  Sandman, Lars ^a   Nordmark, Anders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b Ambulance Service   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Ethical conflicts; Paramedics; Prehospital emergency care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT RIGHT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SWEDEN;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT RIGHTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SWEDEN;

EID: 33845318574     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733006069694     Document Type: Article

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