What does family-centred care mean to nurses and how do they think it could be enhanced in practice

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2561-2573

  Coyne, Imelda ^a   O'Neill, Colleen ^b   Murphy, Maryanne ^a   Costello, Thomas ^a   O'Shea, Rita ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Children's hospital; Children's nurses; Family centred care; Paediatric nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; IRELAND; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 81955161172     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05768.x     Document Type: Article

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