Encounters in Swedish nursing homes: A hermeneutic study of residents' experiences

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 172-180

  Westin, Lars ^a,b   Danielson, Ella ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caring; Empirical research report; Hermeneutics; Interviews; Nursing; Nursing homes; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 34548665709     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04396.x     Document Type: Article

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