Development and initial validation of the stress of conscience questionnaire

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 633-648

  Glasberg, Ann Louise ^a   Eriksson, Sture ^a   Dahlqvist, Vera ^a   Lindahl, Elisabeth ^a   Strandberg, Gunilla ^a   Söderberg, Anna ^a   Sørlie, Venke ^b   Norberg, Astrid ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conscience; Health care personnel; Questionnaire validation; Stressors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIENCE; ETHICS; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CONSCIENCE; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 33845336540     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733006069698     Document Type: Article

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