Betwixt and between: A critical ethnography of comfort in New Zealand residential aged care

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 937-944

  Bland, Marian ^a  

^a UCOL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Comfort; Ethnography; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing homes; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34247356174     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01756.x     Document Type: Article

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