Nurses' moral strength: A hermeneutic inquiry in nursing practice

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1882-1890

  Lindh, Inga Britt ^a,b   Severinsson, Elisabeth ^c   Berg, Agneta ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b School of Health and Society   (Sweden)

^c University College   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hermeneutics; Interviews; Moral strength; Nursing practice; Virtue ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MORALS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY;

EID: 68849109434     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05047.x     Document Type: Article

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