Philosophizing social justice in rural palliative care: Hayek's moral stone?

Nursing Philosophy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-55

  Pesut, Barbara ^a   Beswick, Frances ^b   Robinson, Carole A ^a   Bottorff, Joan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Northern Health Authority   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethics; Palliative care; Qualitative research; Rural health services; Social justice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; MORALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHILOSOPHY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

HUMANS; MORALS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84055199663     PISSN: 14667681     EISSN: 1466769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-769X.2011.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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