What are you like? A personality profile of cancer and palliative care nurses in the United Kingdom

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-104

  Gambles, M ^a   Wilkinson, S M ^b   Dissanayake, C ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Lambourne House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer nursing; Palliative care nursing; Personality profiles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; EMPATHY; EXTRAVERSION; HUMAN; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, DIPLOMA PROGRAMS; EMPATHY; ENGLAND; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037380434     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200304000-00002     Document Type: Article

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