Public health nurses’ experiences of ethical responsibility: A meta-ethnography

Public health nursing is grounded in public health ideologies and fundamental nursing values. Researchers have argued that ethical responsibility from the perspective of the nurse is an understudied phenomenon. This meta-ethnography provides in-depth knowledge of how public health nurses (PHNs) expe...

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Autori: Clancy, Anne (Autore) ; Hovden, Julia Thuve (Autore) ; Andersen, Runa Anneli (Autore) ; Laholt, Hilde (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Pubblicazione: 2024
In: Nursing ethics
Anno: 2024, Volume: 31, Fascicolo: 5, Pagine: 875-895
Altre parole chiave:B meta-synthesis
B Moral Responsibility
B public health nurses
B meta-ethnography
B Ethical Responsibility
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