The process of whistleblowing in a Japanese psychiatric hospital

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 631-642

  Ohnishi, Kayoko ^a,c   Hayama, Yumiko ^b   Asai, Atsushi ^a   Kosugi, Shinju ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interview; Nurses; Professional responsibility; Psychiatric hospital; Whistleblowing; Wrongdoing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; JAPAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WHISTLEBLOWING;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; WHISTLEBLOWING;

EID: 58149124250     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733008092871     Document Type: Article

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