Humanistic nursing, interpersonal relations theory, and the empathy-altruism hypothesis

Nursing Science Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 334-338

  McCamant, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Batson; Nursing research; Nursing theory; Paterson; Peplau; Zderad

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; EMPATHY; HUMAN RELATION; HUMANISM; NURSING;

ALTRUISM; EMPATHY; HUMANISM; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NURSING;

EID: 33748479003     PISSN: 08943184     EISSN: 15527409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894318406292823     Document Type: Article

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