Accountability in nursing: Reflecting on ethical codes and professional standards of nursing practice from a global perspective

Nursing Science Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 300-303

  Milton, Constance L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Humanbecoming; Nursing standards of practice; Professional codes of nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT; ETHICS; FEAR; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANISM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MODEL; MORALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING THEORY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CODES OF ETHICS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANISM; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; MORALS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING THEORY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TRUST; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 51549096565     PISSN: 08943184     EISSN: 15527409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894318408324314     Document Type: Article

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