The meaning of caring as described by nurses caring for a person who acts provokingly: An interview study

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-11

  Hellzen, Ove ^a   Asplund, Kenneth ^a   Sandman, Per Olof ^b   Norberg, Astrid ^b  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Affliction; Humiliations; Narratives; Nurse's reactions; Provoking behaviour; Sexual harassment; Violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNOUT; CASE REPORT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GROUP HOMES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 2442684450     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2004.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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