Prioritising patient care: The different views of clinicians and managers

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 746-759

  Skirbekk, Helge ^a,c   Hem, Marit Helene ^b   Nortvedt, Per ^b  

^a LOVISENBERG DIACONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b University of Oslo ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Areas of practice; clinical ethics; empirical approaches; ethics and leadership management; ethics of care care ethics; intensive care; mental health psychiatry; moral ethical climate of organisations; professional ethics; qualitative research; theory philosophical perspectives; topic areas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CLIMATE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVIEW; JUSTICE; LEADERSHIP; MANAGER; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; NORWAY; NURSING CARE; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NORWAY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021304733     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733016664977     Document Type: Article

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