Philosophic reflections on the meaning of touch in nurse-patient interactions

Nursing Philosophy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 242-253

  Green, Catherine ^a  

^a ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitution of self; Existential crisis; Intersubjectivity; Knowledge; Nursing intimacy; Tactile interaction; Touch

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONSTITUTION OF SELF; EXISTENTIAL CRISIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERSUBJECTIVITY; KNOWLEDGE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING INTIMACY; PHILOSOPHY; TACTILE INTERACTION; TOUCH;

CONSTITUTION OF SELF; EXISTENTIAL CRISIS; INTERSUBJECTIVITY; KNOWLEDGE; NURSING INTIMACY; TACTILE INTERACTION; TOUCH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH;

EID: 84883534621     PISSN: 14667681     EISSN: 1466769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nup.12006     Document Type: Article

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