Moral distress and moral courage in everyday nursing practice

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Gallagher, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical context; Ethical climate; Moral courage; Moral distress; Nurses; Organisations; Unethical practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955038917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10913734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol16No02PPT03     Document Type: Article

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