Healthcare professionals’ perceptions of the ethical climate in paediatric cancer care

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 877-888

  Bartholdson, Cecilia ^a   Sandeberg, Margareta af ^a   Lützén, Kim ^a   Blomgren, Klas ^a   Pergert, Pernilla ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; caregivers; descriptive statistics; ethical climate; paediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER CENTER; CHILD; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSES; NURSES' AIDES; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007043672     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733015587778     Document Type: Article

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