The importance of being humble

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 310-319

  Crigger, Nancy ^a   Godfrey, Nelda ^b  

^a WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

ethics; humility; self reflection; virtue ethics; virtues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PHILOSOPHY;

ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; VIRTUES;

EID: 78649397227     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0b013e3181fb2e8c     Document Type: Article

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