Ethical challenges for school nurses in documenting schoolchildren's health

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-51

  Clausson, Eva K ^a,b   Köhler, Lennart ^b   Berg, Agneta ^a,c  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Documentation; Ethics; School nurses; Schoolchildren's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING RECORDS; SCHOOL NURSING; STEREOTYPING; SWEDEN;

EID: 40549104484     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733007083933     Document Type: Article

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