Clinical errors, nursing shortage and moral distress: The situation in Jordan

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 319-330

  Mrayyan, Majd T ^a   Hamaideh, Shaher H ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Clinical errors; Jordan; Moral distress; Nursing shortage

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349413459     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: 1744988X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744987108089431     Document Type: Article

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