Nurses' workplace distress and ethical dilemmas in Tanzanian health care

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 478-491

  Häggström, Elisabeth ^a,b   Mbusa, Ester ^c   Wadensten, Barbro ^b  

^a University of Gävle ^*  (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Ethical dilemma; Phenomenological hermeneutic; Tanzanian nurses; Workplace stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFLICT; CONTROL; EDUCATION; ETHICS; EXISTENTIALISM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TANZANIA; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EXISTENTIALISM; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; TANZANIA; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 46249122600     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733008090519     Document Type: Article

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