The influence of geographical and social distance on nursing practice and continuity of care in a remote first nations community

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 126-148

  Tarlier, Denise S ^a   Browne, Annette J ^b,c   Johnson, Joy ^b  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal peoples; Continuity of care; First nations; Nursing practice; Othering practices; Patient provider interactions; Primary health care nursing; Relational disengagement; Remote communities

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

EID: 38449106607     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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