Nursing values in China: The expectations of registered nurses

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 312-317

  Pang, Dong ^a,b   Senaratana, Wilawan ^b   Kunaviktikul, Wipada ^b   Klunklin, Areewan ^b   McElmurry, Beverly J ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Nursing values; Qualitative research; Registered nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; JUSTICE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING CARE; NURSING PRACTICE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; ETHICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NURSING EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST;

ADULT; CHINA; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MORALS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; TRUST;

EID: 69249108578     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2009.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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