Nurse Managers’ Ethical Problems in Hospital Settings: An Analysis From the Macintyrian Perspective
Simone Graziele Silva Cunha,
Sérgio Deodato,
Flávia Regina Souza Ramos
et al.
Abstract:Objective: to understand hospital nurse managers’ ethical problems from the perspective of Macintyre’s virtue ethics. Method: qualitative research of the single case study type, encompassed by Alasdair Macintyre’s theoretical framework of virtue ethics. Sixteen nurses in management positions participated in the study for a minimum period of six months. The setting was a university hospital in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Data were collected between August and October 2021, through individual interviews with a semi… Show more
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