On the phenomenology of empathy in nursing: Empathy or sympathy?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-93

  Yegdich, Tania ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bracketing; Empathy; Epoch ; Husserl; Intentionality; Lived experience; Nursing; Phenomenology; Sympathy; Underlying assumptions

Indexed keywords

COUNSELING; EMPATHY; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

COUNSELING; EMPATHY; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING;

EID: 0033161099     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01052.x     Document Type: Article

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