Nursing & health sciences
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Nursing & health sciences · Jun 2004
Comparative StudyEthical concerns: comparison of values from two cultures.
The present study was a secondary analysis of data from two phenomenological studies of nurses in the USA and Japan. The study incorporated hermeneutics and feminist methodologies to answer the following questions. ⋯ Nurses in each country also hold unique values not found in the nursing practice of the other country. Understanding these commonalities and differences is critical for the development of global nursing ethics.