Social Responsibility
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Thoughtful nursing practice: reflections on nurse delegation decision-making.

29 Nov 2009 This article discusses delegation challenges and legal and regulatory oversight associated with delegation in the clinical practice setting. The authors address moral and legal attributes of the roles and responsibilities of health care providers ... Read more...

Trust, power, and vulnerability: a discourse on helping in nursing.

29 Nov 2009 This article uses philosophical inquiry to present the relationship between the helping role in nursing and the concept of trust essential to it. It characterizes helping as the moral center of the nurse-patient relationship and discusses how ... Read more...

Felt obligation to help others as a protective factor against losses in psychological well-being following functional decline in middle and later life.

11 Oct 2009 This study examined felt obligation to help others in two domains (close others and society) as protective factors against losses in psychological well-being following functional decline. Lagged-dependent regression models were estimated using data ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Social Responsibility'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Thoughtful nursing practice: reflections on nurse delegation decision-making. 29 Nov 2009
• Trust, power, and vulnerability: a discourse on helping in nursing. 29 Nov 2009
• Gathering in groups: peace advocacy in health professional associations. 30 Oct 2009
• The 300-year-old health care solution. 24 Oct 2009
• Felt obligation to help others as a protective factor against losses in psychological well-being following functional decline in middle and later life. 11 Oct 2009
• Public accountability in addiction treatment. 8 Oct 2009
• The power of apology. 7 Oct 2009
• Why New Zealand must rapidly halve its greenhouse gas emissions. 7 Oct 2009
• [The Reykjavik Medical Society at 100 years. Doctors and Society] 29 Sep 2009
• Balancing "no blame" with accountability in patient safety. 29 Sep 2009
• For public health doctors, alcohol is the new tobacco. 23 Sep 2009
• The tragedy of the commons revisited. 8 Sep 2009
• [The psychologist's responsibilities--legislative issues] 30 Aug 2009
• Competing social tensions in health care. 30 Aug 2009
• [Rights and duties when faced with maltreatment] 30 Aug 2009
• Medical home 2009: what it is, where we were, and where we are today. 30 Aug 2009
• Controversies abound in end-of-life decisions. 30 Aug 2009
• Controversies abound in end-of-life decisions. 30 Aug 2009
• The competent surgeon: individual accountability in the era of "systems" failure. 30 Aug 2009
• The servant leader: a higher calling for dental professionals. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Social Responsibility'

Definition: The obligations and accountability assumed in carrying out actions or ideas on behalf of others.

Descriptor UI: D012941

Alternative terms: Social Responsibility; Responsibilities, Social; Social Responsibilities; Responsibility, Social; Communitarianism; Social Accountability; Accountability, Social; Obligation, Social; Obligations, Social; Social Obligation; Social Obligations; Obligations to Society; Society, Obligations to; Accountability; Future Generations; Future Generation; Generation, Future; Generations, Future;

Tree Number: K01.316.630.595; K01.752.256.547.599;

History Note: 78

Technical Notes: no qualif