Factors influencing emergency nurses’ ethical problems during the outbreak of MERS-CoV

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 335-345

  Choi, Jeong Sil ^a   Kim, Ji Soo ^a  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Emergency room; ethical problems; influencing factors; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NURSES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85041233225     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733016648205     Document Type: Article

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