Understanding whistleblowing: Qualitative insights from nurse whistleblowers

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2194-2201

  Jackson, Debra ^a   Peters, Kath ^a   Andrew, Sharon ^a   Edenborough, Michel ^a   Halcomb, Elizabeth ^a   Luck, Lauretta ^a   Salamonson, Yenna ^a   Wilkes, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Narrative enquiry; Nurses; Patient advocacy; Whistle blower; Whistleblowing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WHISTLEBLOWING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHICS, NURSING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALPRACTICE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WHISTLEBLOWING;

EID: 77956271835     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05365.x     Document Type: Article

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