To report or not to report? Why some nurses are reluctant to whistleblow

Clinical Governance

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 332-342

  Moore, Linda ^a   McAuliffe, Eilish ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anonymous reporting; Incidents of poor care; Non reporters; Nursing; Reluctance to report; Service failures; Whistleblowing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEAR; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; IRELAND; MANAGER; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; VOLUNTARY REPORTING; WHISTLEBLOWING;

EID: 84867760094     PISSN: 14777274     EISSN: 17586038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777271211273215     Document Type: Article

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