Living with uncertainty: Concept advancement

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 658-667

  Penrod, Janice ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept advancement; Concept analysis; Nursing; Phenomenology; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAREGIVERS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33847673499     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04008.x     Document Type: Article

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