Caring for abused women: Impact on nurses' professional and personal life experiences

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1645-1654

  Goldblatt, Hadass ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abused women; Caring; Impact; Interviews; Nurses; Personal experiences; Professional experiences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; BURNOUT; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFE EVENT; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BATTERED WOMEN; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 68149132936     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05019.x     Document Type: Article

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