Technologically-mediated nursing care: The impact on moral agency

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 786-796

  O'Keefe McCarthy, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac patient; Embodied reflection; Intensive care unit; Moral agency; Pain; Technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORALITY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING CARE;

HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MORALS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 70449379361     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733009343249     Document Type: Article

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