Developing and testing an instrument for the measurement of individual care

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1253-1263

  Suhonen, Riitta ^a   Välimäki, Maritta ^b   Katajisto, Jouko ^b  

^a Lounais Hämeen Aluesairaala   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Health care; Individual care; Instrument; Measurement; Nursing research; Patient individuality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034322323     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01596.x     Document Type: Article

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