Individualised care and the professional practice environment: Nurses' perceptions

International Nursing Review

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 500-507

  Charalambous, A ^a   Katajisto, J ^b   Valimaki M ^b   Leino Kilpi, H ^b   Suhonen, R ^b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Individualised Care Scale; Individualised Nursing Care; Professional Practice Environment; Questionnaire; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 78149345004     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2010.00831.x     Document Type: Article

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