Factors affecting patients' rights practice: The lived experiences of Iranian nurses and physicians

International Nursing Review

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-61

  Joolaee, S ^a,d   Tschudin, V ^b   Nikbakht Nasrabadi, A ^c   Parsa Yekta, Z ^c  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Lived Experience; Nurses; Patients' Rights; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IRAN; NURSE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IRAN; NURSES; PATIENT RIGHTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 39149104615     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2007.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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