An evaluation of unit-based ethics conversations

JONA's Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 48-54

  Wocial, Lucia D ^a,b   Hancock, Maureen ^a,b   Bledsoe, Patricia D ^a   Chamness, Amy R ^a   Helft, Paul R ^b,c  

^a METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; ORGANIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INDIANA; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953115640     PISSN: 15209229     EISSN: 1539073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NHL.0b013e3181de18a2     Document Type: Article

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