How nurses and physicians face ethical dilemmas - the croatian experience

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 341-355

  Sorta Bilajac, Iva ^a   Baždarić, Ksenija ^a   Žagrović, Morana Brkljačić ^a   Jančić, Ervin ^b   Brozović, Boris ^a   Čengić, Tomislav ^a   Ćorluka, Stipe ^a   Agich, George J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b KARLOVAC GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bioethical issues; clinical ethics; Croatia; ethics consultation; questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CROATIA; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CROATIA; ETHICS CONSULTATION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, NURSING; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955810440     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733011398095     Document Type: Article

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