Ethical sensitivity: State of knowledge and needs for further research

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-155

  Weaver, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concept type; Emerging concept; Ethical sensitivity; Maturity; Qualitative content analysis; Scientific concept

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING RESEARCH;

CONCEPT FORMATION; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH;

EID: 33947244388     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733007073694     Document Type: Article

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