Being a Good Nurse and Doing the Right Thing: a qualitative study

Despite an abundance of theoretical literature on virtue ethics in nursing and health care, very little research has been carried out to support or refute the claims made. One such claim is that ethical nursing is what happens when a good nurse does the right thing. The purpose of this descriptive,...

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Authors: Smith, Katharine V (Author) ; Godfrey, Nelda S (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2002
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2002, Volume: 9, Issue: 3, Pages: 301-312
Further subjects:B Nursing Ethics
B good nurse
B Ethics
B Virtue Ethics
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