Origins of difficulty in the nurse-patient encounter

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 510-521

  Macdonald, Marilyn ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Difficult encounters; Difficult patient; Knowing the patient; Nurse patient relationship; Time

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34347211439     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733007077885     Document Type: Article

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