Incorporating patients' spirituality into care using Gadow's ethical framework

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 418-428

  Pesut, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethical framework; Health care decision making; Patient provider relationships; Relational narrative; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MODEL; MORALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY; RELIGION; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CODES OF ETHICS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NEGOTIATING; NURSE'S ROLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 67650532056     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733009104606     Document Type: Article

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