Resistance to Care: Contributing factors and associated behaviours in healthcare facilities

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1747-1760

  Kable, Ashley ^a   Guest, Maya ^a   Mcleod, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Nurses Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Contributing factors; Nurses; Resistance to Care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CONTRIBUTING FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RESISTANCE TO CARE; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIOLENCE;

BEHAVIOUR; CONTRIBUTING FACTORS; NURSES; RESISTANCE TO CARE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84880314224     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12035     Document Type: Article

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