Patients' autonomy in surgical care: A comparison of nurses' perceptions in five European countries

International Nursing Review

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-94

  Suhonen, Riitta ^a,g   Valimaki M ^b   Dassen, T ^c   Gasull, M ^d   Lemonidou, C ^e   Scott, P A ^f   Kaljonen, A ^b   Arndt, M ^b   Leino Kilpi, H ^b  

^a Forssa Hospital   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^g NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Decision Making; Information; Surgical Nursing Care

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FINLAND; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; SURGICAL WARD; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT RIGHTS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SPAIN;

EID: 0038312906     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-7657.2003.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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