Guilt, shame and need for a container: A study of post-traumatic stress among ambulance personnel

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 215-223

  Jonsson, Anders ^a   Segesten, Kerstin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ambulance personnel; Guilt; Post traumatic stress symptoms; Shame

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CADAVER; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SHAME; SUICIDE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AMBULANCES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 5044230675     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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