Reassuring and reducing anxiety in seriously injured patients: A study of accident and emergency interventions

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 125-131

  Jay, R ^a  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROL; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEAR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANXIETY; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEAR; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030183382     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2302(96)90057-0     Document Type: Article

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