Expressing and responding to pain and stoicism in home-care nurse-patient interactions

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 293-301

  Spiers, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Endurance; Nurse patient interaction; Pain; Qualitative observation; Stoicism; Suffering; Video ethology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDURANCE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PAIN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIDEOTAPE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEGOTIATING; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33747602082     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2006.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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