Caring with difficulty: Brazilian nurses' experiences of gynaecological surgery care

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-165

  da Costa Vargens, Octavio Muniz ^a   Berterö, Carina M ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Gynaecologic surgical procedures; Mutilation; Nursing care; Woman's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAZIL; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF; WOMEN;

EID: 77956640274     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2010.01824.x     Document Type: Article

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