Do nurses really care? Some unwelcome findings from recent research and inquiry

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-50

  Fletcher, J ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPATHY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING THEORY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING THEORY;

EID: 0030623508     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2834.1997.02496.x     Document Type: Article

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