Comparative study of perceptions of work environment and moral sensitivity among Japanese and Norwegian nurses

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 193-200

  Bégat, Ingrid ^a,d,e   Ikeda, Noriko ^b   Amemiya, Takiko ^b   Emiko, Konishi ^b   Iwasaki, Akiko ^b   Severinsson, Elisabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

^b NAGANO COLLEGE OF NURSING   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Independence; Job stress; Moral conflicts; Nurses; Patient oriented care; Sociocultural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORALITY; NORWAY; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHICS, NURSING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MORALS; NORWAY; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 4444304921     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2004.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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