Nursing priorities, actions, and regrets for ethical situations in clinical practice

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 385-395

  Pavlish, Carol ^a,b   Brown Saltzman, Katherine ^c   Hersh, Mary ^d   Shirk, Marilyn ^e   Rounkle, Ann Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TORRANCE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical decision making; Medical futility; Nursing ethics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; EMOTION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; EMOTIONS; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82355190209     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2011.01422.x     Document Type: Article

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