Ethical vulnerabilities in nursing history: Conflicting loyalties and the patient as 'other'

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 590-602

  Lagerwey, Mary Deane ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ethics; nursing history; the 'other'

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CLERGY; CONFLICT; FAMILY PLANNING; GERMANY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; ETHICS, NURSING; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES; NATIONAL SOCIALISM; NEW MEXICO; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING;

EID: 77956079613     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733010368746     Document Type: Article

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