Interprofessional ethics rounds concerning dialysis patients: Staff's ethical reflections before and after rounds

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 407-413

  Svantesson, M ^a,b   Anderzen Carlsson A ^a   Thorsen H ^a   Kallenberg, K ^a,b   Ahlstrom G ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; ETHICIST; ETHICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHICISTS; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 55449107186     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2007.023572     Document Type: Article

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