Altruism and mature care: Some rival moral considerations in care ethics

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 794-802

  Hem, Marit Helene ^a   Halvorsen, Kristin ^b   Nortvedt, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Altruism; clinical judgment; mature care; moral motivation; normativity; nursing care; virtues

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING THEORY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ALTRUISM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MORALS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING THEORY; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 84911966922     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733014521094     Document Type: Article

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