Empathy: The effects of undergraduate nursing education in Turkey

International Nursing Review

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 493-499

  Ozcan, C T ^a   Oflaz, F ^a   Sutcu Cicek, H ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Empathetic Tendency; Empathic Skill; Nursing Education; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, NURSING; TURKEY;

EID: 78149305924     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2010.00832.x     Document Type: Article

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