A Heideggerian investigation into the lived experience of humour by nurses in an intensive care unit

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 266-278

  Thornton, Judith ^a   White, Alan ^b  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EXISTENTIALISM; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMOR; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; EXISTENTIALISM; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 0033205740     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/iccn.1999.1448     Document Type: Article

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