Ethical conflict in critical care nursing: Correlation between exposure and types

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 594-607

  Falcó Pegueroles, Anna ^a   Lluch Canut, Teresa ^a   Roldan Merino, Juan ^a   Goberna Tricas, Josefina ^a   Guàrdia Olmos, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Critical care nursing; ethical conflict model; moral distress; types of ethical conflict

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFLICT; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CRITICAL CARE NURSING; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; SPAIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939623805     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733014549883     Document Type: Article

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