‘The patient is my space’: Hermeneutic investigation of the nurse-patient relationship in critical care

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 140-151

  Vouzavali, Foteini J D ^a   Papathanassoglou, Elizabeth D E ^b   Karanikola, Maria N K ^b   Koutroubas, Anna ^c   Patiraki, Elisabeth I ^d   Papadatou, Danai ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^c AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Intensive care nurses; Interpretative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVIEW; MEANING-MAKING; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PERCEPTION; SYNCYTIUM; FEMALE; GREECE; MALE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

EID: 80052089333     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2011.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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