Moral distress in nursing practice in Malawi

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-207

  Maluwa, Veronica Mary ^a   Andre, Judy ^b   Ndebele, Paul ^c   Chilemba, Evelyn ^c  

^a Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi   (Malawi)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Malawi; moral distress; nursing ethics; nursing practice; practicing nurses

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; MALAWI; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; NURSE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING ASSISTANT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAWI; MORALS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSES; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84859066730     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733011414968     Document Type: Article

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