Nurses' responses to ethical challenges in Oncology practice: An ethnographic study

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 592-600

  Pavlish, Carol ^a   Brown Saltzman, Katherine ^b   Jakel, Patricia ^c   Rounkle, Ann Marie ^d  

^a University School of Nursing   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING EDUCATION; ONCOLOGY NURSING;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONCOLOGIC NURSING;

EID: 84870526277     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/12.CJON.592-600     Document Type: Article

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