The moral construct of caring in nursing as communicative action: The theory and practice of a caring science

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Sumner, Jane F ^a   Fisher, William P ^b  

^a LSUHSC School of Nursing   (United States)

^b Avatar International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring in nursing; Evidence based practice; Instrumentation; Rasch methodology; Theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPATHY; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61749085687     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ANS.0000341418.88715.c9     Document Type: Article

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