Moral distress among nursing and non-nursing students

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-232

  Range, Lillian M ^a   Rotherham, Alicia L ^a  

^a Our Lady of Holy Cross College   (United States)

Author keywords

Hastened death; Moral distress; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION, NURSING; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 77649259679     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733009352071     Document Type: Article

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