Moral distress in nurses in oncology and haematology units

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 183-195

  Lazzarin, Michela ^a   Biondi, Andrea ^b   Di Mauro, Stefania ^b  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ethics; instrument translation; moral distress; paediatric haematology and oncology; painful feeling; staff nurse stress; turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859015026     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733011416840     Document Type: Article

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