Assertiveness and caring: Are they compatible?

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 707-713

  McCartan, Patrick J ^a   Hargie, Owen D W ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assertion; Care Q; Caring; Negative assertion; Non assertion; Positive assertion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ASSERTIVENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NORTHERN IRELAND; NURSING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 4544250414     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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