Autonomy and Advocacy in Perinatal Nursing Practice

Advocacy has been positioned as an ideal within the practice of nursing, with national guidelines and professional standards obliging nurses to respect patients' autonomous choices and to act as their advocates. However, the meaning of advocacy and autonomy is not well defined or understood, le...

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Main Author: Simmonds, Anne H (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2008
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2008, Volume: 15, Issue: 3, Pages: 360-370
Further subjects:B Advocacy
B perinatal nursing
B Autonomy
B Feminist ethics
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