A description of health care professionals' experiences of encounters with patients in clinical settings

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1368-1374

  Takman, Christina A S ^a   Severinsson, Elisabeth I ^b  

^a Stortorps Rehab Convalescent Home ^*  (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Communication; Encounter; Health care professional; Patient; Phenomenography; Qualitative methodology; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, PRACTICAL; PAIN; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033257816     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01235.x     Document Type: Article

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