An exploration of empowerment discourse within home-care nurses' accounts of practice

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-76

  Funk, Laura M ^a   Stajduhar, Kelli I ^a   Purkis, Mary Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Health promotion; Home care nursing; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL MARKETING;

ADULT; CANADA; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PALLIATIVE CARE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL MARKETING;

EID: 79551480097     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2010.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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