Encountering the older confused patient: Professional carers' experiences

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 515-522

  Stenwall, Ewa ^a,b   Sandberg, Jonas ^a   Jönhagen, Maria Eriksdotter ^b   Fagerberg, Ingegerd ^a,b  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carers; Elder care; Lived experience; Phenomenology; Qualitative approaches

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFUSION; CONTROL; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; TRUST;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CONFUSION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SWEDEN; TRUST;

EID: 36348997070     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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