Does fear of retaliation deter requests for ethics consultation?

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-34

  Danis, Marion ^a   Farrar, Adrienne ^a   Grady, Christine ^a   Taylor, Carol ^b   O'Donnell, Patricia ^c   Soeken, Karen ^d   Ulrich, Connie ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BETTY AND GUY BEATTY CENTER FOR INTEGRATED RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical ethics; Ethics consultation; Nurses; Organizational ethics; Retaliation; Social workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749106685     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-007-9105-z     Document Type: Article

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