A relational ethical dialogue with research ethics committees

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 234-242

  Larkin, Philip J ^a   De Casterlé, Bernadette Dierckx ^b   Schotsmans, Paul ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Palliative nursing; Qualitative; Relational ethics; Relationship; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; EUROPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONNEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; THINKING; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; EUROPE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; THINKING; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 40449116261     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733007086021     Document Type: Review

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