Struggling for confirmation - Patients' experiences of dissatisfaction with hospital care

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 438-446

  Eriksson, Ulrika ^a   Svedlund, Marianne ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Hospital care; Patient satisfaction; Professional patient relations; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GUILT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; SWEDEN; TRUST; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GUILT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TRUST;

EID: 33847390445     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01544.x     Document Type: Article

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