A companionship between strangers-the hospital environment as a challenge in patient-patient interaction in oncology wards

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 395-404

  Larsen, Lene Søndergård ^a   Larsen, Birte Hedegaard ^a   Birkelund, Regner ^b  

^a Centre of Nursing Research   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Healing environment; Hospital environment; Interpersonal interaction; Loss of control; Nursing; Patient room preferences; Patient patient interaction; Privacy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIVACY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENMARK; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PRIVACY;

EID: 84891910093     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12204     Document Type: Article

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