Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2010
Publication Title
Home Healthcare Nurse
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Keywords
Hospice, Values, Ethics, Professional Boundaries
Abstract
In providing hospice care, clinicians are confronted with ethical challenges on a daily basis involving their patients and families, their personal values and beliefs, and organizational practices. Being able to objectively understand these ethical challenges and having a plan of action to address is essential in effectively fulfilling the role of being a hospice professional.
First Page
407
Last Page
413
Volume
28
Issue
7
Repository Citation
Longenecker, Paul D., "The Ethical Balancing Act of Hospice Care" (2010). Health and Sport Sciences Faculty Scholarship. 4.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/hsports_fac/4
Original Citation
Longenecker, P.D. "The Ethical Balancing Act Of Hospice Care." Home Healthcare Nurse 28.7 (2010): 407-413.
DOI
10.1097/NHH.0b013e3181e325b8
Version
Pre-Print
Peer Reviewed
1