Moral distress: A consequence of caring

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-27

  Shepard, Agnes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; NEOPLASM; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MORALS; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 79952115482     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/10.CJON.25-27     Document Type: Note

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