Surgical nurses' perceptions of ethical dilemmas, moral distress and quality of care

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1516-1525

  DeKeyser Ganz, Freda ^a   Berkovitz, Keren ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Sharon Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ethical dilemmas; Moral distress; Quality of care; Surgical nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NURSING STAFF; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862702699     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05897.x     Document Type: Article

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