Care and justice reasoning in nurses’ everyday ethics

Background: The ethics of care and justice represent two modes of moral reasoning that nurses use in solving real-life ethical dilemmas.Research aim: The present study investigated what types of dilemmas nurses encounter in everyday work and to what extent they use care versus justice reasoning to s...

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Главные авторы: Juujärvi, Soile (Автор) ; Tetri, Birgitta (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2025
В: Nursing ethics
Год: 2025, Том: 32, Выпуск: 6, Страницы: 1771-1782
Другие ключевые слова:B Care reasoning
B ethical dilemmas
B care ethics / ethics of care
B justice reasoning
B practical nurses
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