Compassion and professional care: Exploring the domain

Nursing Philosophy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-136

  Van Der Cingel, Margreet ^a  

^a WINDESHEIM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acknowledgement; Compassion; Emotion; Moral; Nursing; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMPATHY; HUMAN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; STANDARD;

EMPATHY; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 67650296600     PISSN: 14667681     EISSN: 1466769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-769X.2009.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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