Perspectives and experiences of Iranian nurses regarding nurse-physician communication: A content analysis study

Japan Journal of Nursing Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-193

  Vaismoradi, Mojtaba ^a   Salsali, Mahvash ^a   Esmaeilpour, Mohammad ^a   Cheraghi, Mohammad Ali ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Experiences; Iran; Nurse physician communication; Perspectives; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; NURSES; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS;

EID: 82355194814     PISSN: 17427932     EISSN: 17427924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7924.2011.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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