Supporting relationships between family and staff in continuing care settings

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 360-383

  Austin, Wendy ^a   Goble, Erika ^a   Strang, Vicki ^a   Mitchell, Agnes ^b   Thompson, Elizabeth ^c   Lantz, Helen ^d   Balt, Linda ^e   Lemermeyer, Gillian ^a   Vass, Kelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CapitalCare   (Canada)

^d Victoria British Columbia ^*  (Canada)

^e ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Continuing care; Ethics; Family staff relationships

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COOPERATION; ETHICS; FAMILY NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT CARE; TRUST;

AGED; ALBERTA; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY NURSING; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TRUST;

EID: 70349772288     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840709339781     Document Type: Article

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