Empathy from a nursing perspective: Moving beyond borrowed theory

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 140-147

  Walker, Kathleen M ^a,b   Alligood, Martha R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPATHY; HUMAN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCIENCE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

EMPATHY; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCIENCE; SELF PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035377550     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apnu.2001.23754     Document Type: Article

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