Internal or external whistleblowing: Nurses' willingness to report wrongdoing

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 483-490

  Mansbach, Abraham ^a   Bachner, Yaacov G ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Ethical dilemma; Reporting misconduct; Whistleblowing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; WHISTLEBLOWING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; WHISTLEBLOWING;

EID: 77954253044     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733010364898     Document Type: Article

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