Tacit knowledge of caring and embodied selfhood

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 688-704

  Kontos, Pia C ^a,b   Naglie, Gary ^a,b,c,d  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caring; Dementia care; Embodied selfhood; Person centred; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; LITERATURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DRAMA; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GESTURES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 68749113170     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01158.x     Document Type: Article

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