Professional caring: A contradiction in terms?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 999-1004

  Woodward, Vivien M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caring; Instrumental and expressive caring; Professionalization

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; EMPATHY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; NURSING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ALTRUISM; EDUCATION, NURSING; EMPATHY; GOALS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0031279394     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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