Nurses' perceptions of the barriers in effective communication with inpatient cancer adults in Singapore

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 17-18, 2012, Pages 2647-2658

  Tay, Li Hui ^a   Ang, Emily ^a,b   Hegney, Desley ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b National University Cancer Institute   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Nursing; Qualitative study; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SINGAPORE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84865291677     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03977.x     Document Type: Article

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