Seeing the person behind the patient: Enhancing the care of older people using a biographical approach

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 697-706

  Clarke, Amanda ^a   Hanson, Elizabeth Jane ^a,b   Ross, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biography; Gerontological nursing; Life stories; Older people; Personcentred care

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW;

AGED; BIOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEMORY; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0141888346     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00784.x     Document Type: Review

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