Nursing emotion work and interprofessional collaboration in general internal medicine wards: A qualitative study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 332-343

  Miller, Karen Lee ^a   Reeves, Scott ^b   Zwarenstein, Merrick ^c   Beales, Jennifer D ^a   Kenaszchuk, Chris ^b   Conn, Lesley Gotlib ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Emotion work; Emotional labour; Internal medicine; Interprofessional practice; Nursing; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STAFF; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; PATIENTS' ROOMS;

EID: 55149092995     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04768.x     Document Type: Article

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