Courage and nursing practice: A theoretical analysis

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 551-565

  Lindh, Inga Britt ^a   Barbosa da Silva, António ^b   Berg, Agneta ^a   Severinsson, Elisabeth ^c  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Ansgar College and Theological Seminary   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

courage; creative act; literature review; moral virtue; nursing practice; philosophical analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHARACTER; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; EXISTENTIALISM; HUMAN; HUMANISM; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHARACTER; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS, NURSING; EXISTENTIALISM; HUMANISM; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; RESEARCH DESIGN; VIRTUES;

EID: 77956069961     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733010369475     Document Type: Article

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