Existential caring in the family health experience: A proposed conceptualization

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 110-117

  Meiers, Sonja J ^a   Brauer, Donna J ^a  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring; Co construction of meaning; Existential advocacy; Existentialism; Family caring; Family nurse interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPATHY; ETHICS; EXISTENTIALISM; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPATHY; EXISTENTIALISM; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY NURSING; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 38949129740     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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