Nurses' perceptions of ethical issues related to patients' rights law

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 501-510

  Yakov, Gila ^a   Shilo, Yehudit ^b   Shor, Tzippy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ethics; Human rights; Interview; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; EDUCATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISRAEL; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT RIGHT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

CONFIDENTIALITY; DISCLOSURE; ETHICS, NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; ISRAEL; PATIENT RIGHTS;

EID: 77954267960     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733010368199     Document Type: Article

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