Containing abjection in nursing: The end of shift handover as a site of containment

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-29

  Wiltshire, John ^a   Parker, Judith ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abjection; Anxiety; Containing; Defence; Nursing handover

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BURNOUT; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0030098347     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.1996.tb00005.x     Document Type: Article

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