Truth telling and severe fetal diagnosis: A virtue ethics perspective

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-20

  Black, Beth Perry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

fetal defects; prenatal diagnosis; virtue ethics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PARENT; PHILOSOPHY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PARENTS; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PREGNANCY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951921299     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JPN.0b013e318201edff     Document Type: Review

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