Social justice and the Canadian Nurses Association: Justifying equity

Nursing Philosophy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-26

  Wilmot, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Nurses Association; Civic professionalism; Contextualism; Equity; Liberalism; Social justice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HUMAN; NURSING ORGANIZATION; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

CANADA; HUMANS; NURSING THEORY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIETIES, NURSING;

EID: 84055199662     PISSN: 14667681     EISSN: 1466769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-769X.2011.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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