Nurse educators' and nursing students' perspectives on teaching codes of ethics

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-82

  Numminen, Olivia ^a   van der Arend, Arie ^b   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Codes of ethics; Education; Nurse educators; Nursing; Nursing students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CODES OF ETHICS; ETHICS, NURSING; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 62349132552     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733008097991     Document Type: Article

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