Ethical principles as a guide in implementing policies for the management of food allergies in schools

Journal of School Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-193

  Behrmann, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Decision making; Ethics; Food allergy; Policies; Schools

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; FOOD ALLERGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MANAGEMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD; CONFIDENTIALITY; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD SERVICES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENU PLANNING; NURSE'S ROLE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLICY MAKING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOL NURSING; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 77954702275     PISSN: 10598405     EISSN: 15468364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059840510364844     Document Type: Article

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