Developing ethical competence in health care organizations

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 825-837

  Sporrong, Sofia Kälvemark ^a,b   Arnetz, Bengt ^c   Hansson, Mats G ^b   Westerholm, Peter ^d   Höglund, Anna T ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Ethics rounds; Moral distress; Pharmacy practice

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNOUT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CURRICULUM; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 38949088760     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733007082142     Document Type: Article

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