Strategies necessary for moral courage

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Lachman, Vicki D ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assertiveness; CODE; Code of ethics; Cognitive reframing; Ethical competence; Moral courage; Moral integrity; Negotiation; Professional obligations; Risk aversion; Risk taking; Risk tolerance; Self soothing; Virtue ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551694665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10913734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol15No03Man03     Document Type: Article

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