Malfeasance and Regaining Nursing’s Moral Voice and Integrity
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Nursing Ethics
- Vol. 8 (1), 19-35
- https://doi.org/10.1177/096973300100800104
Abstract
This article discusses some of the most recent developments in US mental health services that follow on the heels of the for-profit hospital scandal that was brought to public attention less than a decade ago. As individuals and as a profession, nurses have a responsibility to uncover, openly discuss and condemn malfeasance when it occurs, yet there has been a collective silence about these developments. The authors explore the reasons for this and make recommendations for regaining nursing’s moral voice and integrity.Keywords
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