To handle the unexpected - The meaning of caring in pre-hospital emergency care

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-41

  Ahl, Caroline ^a   Nyström, Maria ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambulance services; Patient experience; Pre hospital care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84855849825     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2011.03.001     Document Type: Review

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