Patients' understandings and feelings of safety during hospitalization in Iran: A qualitative study

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 404-411

  Vaismoradi, Mojtaba ^a   Salsali, Mahvash ^a   Turunen, Hannele ^b   Bondas, Terese ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Feelings of safety; Hospitalization; Nursing; Patient safety; Patients' understanding; Safe care; Thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY;

EID: 80051768646     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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