Chinese nurses' ethical concerns in a neurological ward

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 810-824

  Tang, Ping Fen ^b   Johansson, Camilla ^c   Wadensten, Barbro ^d   Wenneberg, Stig ^c   Ahlström, Gerd ^a,e  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^e JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chinese nurses; Content analysis; Ethical dilemma; Moral distress; Neuroscience nursing; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNOUT; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFLICT; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 38949157849     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733007082140     Document Type: Article

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