A cross-cultural study of the concept of caring through behaviours: Patients' and nurses' perspectives in six different EU countries

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1026-1037

  Papastavrou, Evridiki ^a   Efstathiou, Georgios ^a   Tsangari, Haritini ^b   Suhonen, Riitta ^c   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^c   Patiraki, Elisabeth ^d   Karlou, Chryssoula ^d   Balogh, Zoltan ^e   Palese, Alvisa ^f   Tomietto, Marco ^g   Jarosova, Darja ^h   Merkouris, Anastasios ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Caring behaviours; Caring Behaviours Inventory cross cultural comparison; International; Nurses; Patients; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPATHY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING THEORY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMPATHY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING THEORY; PERCEPTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858834135     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05807.x     Document Type: Article

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