Nurse-patient encounters: Constructing harmony and difficulty

Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-81

  Macdonald, Marilyn T ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Context; Difficult encounters; Difficult patients; Knowing patients; Time

Indexed keywords

APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM PATIENT; REVIEW;

EID: 33847041799     PISSN: 19314485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01261775-200701000-00011     Document Type: Review

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