Identifying ethical issues from the perspective of the registered nurse

JONA's Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 91-99

  Dewolf Bosek, Marcia Sue ^a  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RURAL POPULATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS CONSULTATION; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 70249129079     PISSN: 15209229     EISSN: 1539073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NHL.0b013e3181b7a010     Document Type: Article

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