Perceptions of moral integrity: Contradictions in need of explanation

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 431-440

  Laabs, Carolyn ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

burnout; conscience; moral distress; moral integrity; nursing ethics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BURNOUT; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NURSE; NURSING CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NURSES; NURSING CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955858841     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733011398101     Document Type: Article

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