Power imbalance between nurses and patients: A potential inhibitor of partnership in care

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 501-508

  Henderson, Saras ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hospital care; Nurse patient partnership; Patient information; Patient rights; Power imbalance; Sharing power

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING PROCESS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING PROCESS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT RIGHTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0042131763     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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