Meanings of giving touch in the care of older patients: Becoming a valuable person and professional

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 601-609

  Edvardsson, Jan David ^a   Sandman, Per Olof ^a   Rasmussen, Birgit H ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health care professionals; Lived experience; Older patients; Phenomenological hermeneutics; Touch

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; SWEDEN; TOUCH; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TOUCH;

EID: 0042131728     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00754.x     Document Type: Article

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