Maintaining privacy on post-natal wards: A study in five European countries

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-154

  Leino Kilpi, Helena ^a   Välimäki, Maritta ^a   Dassen, Theo ^b   Gasull, Maria ^c   Lemonidou, Chryssoula ^d   Scott, P Anne ^e   Arndt, Marianne ^f   Kaljonen, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^f Kloster St Marien zu Helfta ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethical environment; Ethics; Interventions; Nurse patient relationship; Nursing; Patients; Post natal care; Privacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERMANY; GREECE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERMANY; GREECE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; MOTHERS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PERSONAL SPACE; POSTNATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SPAIN;

EID: 0036358589     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02070.x     Document Type: Article

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