Moral distress among Ugandan nurses providing HIV care: A critical ethnography

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 723-731

  Harrowing, Jean N ^a   Mill, Judy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical ethnography; HIV AIDS; Moral distress; Nursing; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNOUT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; ETHICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UGANDA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA;

EID: 77950916345     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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