Uncovering the ethics of suffering using a narrative approach

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-72

  Råholm, Maj Britt ^a  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Caring; Ethics; Narrative method; Nursing; Relational; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PHILOSOPHY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EMPATHY; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; NARRATION; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 40549103160     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733007083935     Document Type: Article

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