Sympathy, disability, and the nurse: Female power in edith wharton's the fruit of the tree

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-242

  Garden, Rebecca ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Disability; Empathy; Nursing; Sympathy; Wharton

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DISABLED PERSON; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

DISABLED PERSONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITERATURE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77954032494     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10912-010-9115-3     Document Type: Article

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