Rationing home-based nursing care: Professional ethical implications

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 386-396

  Tønnessen, Siri ^a   Nortvedt, Per ^b   Førde, Reidun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

ethics; home based care; nursing practice; prioritization; rationing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NORWAY; NURSING CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; NORWAY; NURSING CARE;

EID: 79955866375     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733011398099     Document Type: Article

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