Relationships between Families and Registered Nurses in Long-Term-Care Facilities: A Critical Analysis

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 150-174

  Ward Griffin, Catherine ^a   Bol, Nancy ^b   Hay, Kim ^c   Dashnay, Ian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Regional Mental Health Care ^*  (Canada)

^c ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Dementia; Family centred care; Health care relationships; Long term care

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; NURSE; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEGOTIATING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ONTARIO; PRIMARY NURSING CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 1442309862     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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