Nursing the clinic, being there and hovering: Ways of caring in a British fertility unit

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 86-93

  Allan, Helen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Being there; Ethnography; Fertility nursing; Hovering; Intimacy; Nursing the clinic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELIVERY ROOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 0036548747     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02149.x     Document Type: Article

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