Professional values and nursing

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 203-208

  Sellman, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alasdair MacIntyre; Instrumental values; Nursing as a practice; Professional codes; Professional values; Targets

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPATHY; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CODES OF ETHICS; EMPATHY; ETHICS, NURSING; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE;

EID: 79955109925     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-010-9295-7     Document Type: Article

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