title: Clinical nurses' ethical decision making in situations of informed consent.
abstract: Based on responses to vignettes and semistructured interviews with 27 nurses working in two clinical settings, data were gathered focused on nurses' ethical decision making in situations of informed consent. A content analysis of the interviews revealed that the most potent variables at play in these situations were institutional and philosophical influences. Aspects of these influences are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health, Community and Administrative Nursing, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003657:Decision Making; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D007325:Institutional Practice