Families in home care - A resource or a burden? District nurses' beliefs

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 867-875

  Benzein, Eva ^a   Johansson, Birgitta ^b   Saveman, Britt Inger ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beliefs; District nurse; Families; Focus groups; Home care; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; NURSE;

EID: 5644236622     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.01024.x     Document Type: Article

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