Women patients' conceptions of integrity within health care: A phenomenographic study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 540-548

  Widäng, Ingrid ^a   Fridlund, Bengt ^b   Mårtensson, Jan ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dignity; Ethics; Integrity; Interviews; Nursing; Phenomenography; Women patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; EGO; ETHICS; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RECORDING; SELF CONCEPT; SWEDEN; TRUST;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; EGO; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONAL SPACE; SELF CONCEPT; SWEDEN; TAPE RECORDING; TRUST;

EID: 38849159994     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04552.x     Document Type: Article

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