Moral Accountability and Integrity in Nursing Practice

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 423-434

  LaSala, Cynthia Ann ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ANA Center for Ethics and Human Rights   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Integrity; Moral accountability; Moral agency; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMPATHY; ETHICS; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMANISM; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING THEORY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TRUST;

ADULT; CODES OF ETHICS; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMPATHY; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANISM; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING THEORY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TRUST;

EID: 70349981648     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2009.07.006     Document Type: Review

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