Validation of the Hospital Ethical Climate Survey for older people care

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 517-532

  Suhonen, Riitta ^a   Stolt, Minna ^a   Katajisto, Jouko ^a   Charalambous, Andreas ^a,b   Olson, Linda L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^c NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE BOARDS OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Care settings for older people; ethical climate; instrument; validity; work environment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHICS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939617459     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733014549878     Document Type: Article

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