Informing nurses of the lived experience of acupuncture treatment: A phenomenological account

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-120

  Griffiths, Viv ^a   Taylor, Bev ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Lived experience; Nursing; Phenomenology; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; SEMANTICS;

EID: 18244374188     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctnm.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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