Challenging the coherence of social justice as a shared nursing value

Nursing Philosophy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-11

  Lipscomb, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Moral theory; Nursing philosophy; Philosophy of nursing; Professional ethics; Public health nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE ATTITUDE; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CODES OF ETHICS; ETHICAL RELATIVISM; ETHICAL THEORY; HUMANS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; NURSE'S ROLE; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 78650046767     PISSN: 14667681     EISSN: 1466769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-769X.2010.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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