Exploring ethical aspects of elective surgery patients' decision-making experiences

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 672-683

  Lin, Mei Ling ^a,b   Huang, Chuen Teng ^b   Chiang, Hsien Hsien ^c   Chen, Ching Huey ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Decision making; doctors; elective surgery; ethics; nurses; patient experience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PSYCHOLOGY; TAIWAN;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT RIGHTS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84884151599     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733012448967     Document Type: Article

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