When the patient causes the problem: The effect of patient responsibility on the nurse-patient relationship

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 515-522

  Olsen, Douglas P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring; Clinical relationships; Ethics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; EMPATHY; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; UNITED STATES;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; EMPATHY; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031228822     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.t01-11-00999.x     Document Type: Article

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