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Nursing culture—some view points

Journal of Advanced NursingPublished 1 January 1997
Tarja Suominen, M. Kovasin, Outi Ketola
Citations75
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SJR score1.40
SNIP1.69

TL;DR

The concept of culture is closely interwoven with the values espoused by a community and finds expression in people's knowledge, beliefs, convictions, morals, and laws.

Abstract

The concept of culture is closely interwoven with the values espoused by a community. Culture is a deep structure that finds expression in people's knowledge, beliefs, convictions, morals, and laws. A few possible ways of approaching the culture of nursing are provided by rituals, gender and power.

Keywords

Social SciencesNursing