Poetry as an aesthetic expression for nursing: A review

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-148

  Hunter, Lauren P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Art; Education; Knowing; Literature review; Nursing; Patient care; Poetry; Research; Theory

Indexed keywords

EMOTION; ESTHETICS; LITERATURE; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

EDUCATION, NURSING; EMOTIONS; ESTHETICS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; PATIENT CARE; POETRY;

EID: 0036781584     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02356.x     Document Type: Article

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