Moving beyond the therapeutic relationship: A selective review of intimacy in the sexual health encounter in nursing practice

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 23-24, 2013, Pages 3568-3576

  East, Leah ^a   Hutchinson, Marie ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interactional intimacy; Intimacy; Nursing; Practice; Review; Sexual health; Therapeutic relationships

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RELATION; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84887401352     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12247     Document Type: Article

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