Perceptions of the concept of health among nurses working in mental health services: A phenomenographic study

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-56

  Jormfeldt, Henrika ^a,d   Svedberg, Petra ^a   Fridlund, Bengt ^a,b,c   Arvidsson, Barbro ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Psychiatric Rehabilitation Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health; Nurse; Perception; Phenomenography; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SWEDEN; TRUST;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SWEDEN; TRUST;

EID: 33846233778     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2006.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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