Barriers and facilitators to consulting hospital clinical ethics committees

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 767-780

  Gaudine, Alice ^a   Lamb, Marianne ^b   LeFort, Sandra M ^a   Thorne, Linda ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ethical issues; ethics committees; nurses; physicians

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS CONSULTATION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 82255176847     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733011403808     Document Type: Article

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