Defining nursing intimacy: Nurses' perceptions of intimacy

Health Science Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 479-494

  Stavropoulou, Areti ^a   Kaba, Evridiki ^b   Obamwonyi, Victory Ariyo ^a   Adeosun, Iretioluwa ^a   Rovithis, Michalis ^a   Zidianakis, Zacharias ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Nursing care; Nursing intimacy; Respect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863818796     PISSN: 11087366     EISSN: 1791809X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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