Doomed to fail: The persistent search for a modernist mental health nurse identity

Nursing Philosophy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-59

  Hurley, John ^a   Mears, Audrey ^a   Ramsay, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Difference; Identity; Mental health; Modernity; Postmodern; Professional self

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FORECASTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NARRATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; POSTMODERNISM; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS;

EID: 65549142027     PISSN: 14667681     EISSN: 1466769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-769X.2008.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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