Cancer patients' perceptions of the good nurse: A literature review

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 528-542

  Rchaidia, Leila ^a   de Casterlé, Bernadette Dierckx ^a   de Blaeser, Liesbeth ^a   Gastmans, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Characteristics; Good nurse; Literature review; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; TRUST;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CODES OF ETHICS; EMPATHY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST;

EID: 70249120039     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733009106647     Document Type: Review

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