The nature of advocacy vs. paternalism in nursing: Clarifying the 'thin line'

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1746-1752

  Zomorodi, Meg ^a   Foley, Barbara Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Beneficence; Clinical decision making; Concept analysis; Ethics; Nursing; Paternalism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING RESEARCH; PATERNALISM; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING RESEARCH; PATERNALISM; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

EID: 68149092632     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05023.x     Document Type: Article

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