Battlefield conditions: Different environment but the same duty of care

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 636-645

  Kelly, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

battlefield; duty of care; military nurses; obligations to care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMODIFICATION; CONFLICT; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MILITARY NURSING; MORALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR;

COMMODIFICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MILITARY NURSING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; WAR;

EID: 77956093219     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733010373434     Document Type: Article

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