The primacy of relationships: A study of public health nursing practice from a critical caring perspective

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 315-332

  Falk Rafael, Adeline ^a   Betker, Claire ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

client centered care; critical caring; public health nursing; relationship; scope of practice; theory guided practice

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; STANDARD;

COMMUNITY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING THEORY; ONTARIO; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84868692810     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0b013e318271d127     Document Type: Review

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