The first nurse-patient encounter in a psychiatric setting: Discovering a moral commitment in nursing

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 313-327

  Sjöstedt, Elisabet ^a   Dahlstrand, Anita ^a   Severinsson, Elisabeth ^a   Lützén, Kim ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Hedmark College   (Norway)

Author keywords

action research; first nurse patient encounter; moral commitment; psychiatric setting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MODEL; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

EID: 5844265994     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096973300100800404     Document Type: Article

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