"Getting into the skin": Empathy and role taking in certified nursing assistants' care of dying residents

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 146-151

  Schell, Ellen S ^a   Kayser Jones, Jeanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34547667092     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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