Moral obligations of nurses based on the ICN, UK, Irish and Polish Codes of ethics for nurses

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-180

  Dobrowolska, Beata ^a   Wrońska, Irena ^a   Fidecki, Wiesław ^a   Wysokiński, Mariusz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Codes of professional conduct; Moral obligations; Nurses' professional ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IRELAND; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; POLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CODES OF ETHICS; ETHICS, NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES; IRELAND; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; POLAND;

EID: 33947257359     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733007073697     Document Type: Article

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