Patients' and nurses' perceptions of individualised care: An international comparative study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 1155-1167

  Suhonen, Riitta ^a   Efstathiou, Georgios ^b   Tsangari, Haritini ^c   Jarosova, Darja ^d   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^a   Patiraki, Elisabeth ^e   Karlou, Chryssoula ^e   Balogh, Zoltan ^f   Papastavrou, Evridiki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Individualised care; International; Nurse; Nursing; Patient; Perception; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858288812     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03833.x     Document Type: Article

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