Embodied empathy-in-action: Overweight nurses' experiences of their interactions with overweight patients

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-38

  Aranda, Kay ^a   Mcgreevy, Debbie ^b  

^a School of Nursing and Midwifery   (United Kingdom)

^b EASTBOURNE DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gadamer; Nurse patient interaction; Obesity; Phenomenology; Primary health care nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; OBESITY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; OBESITY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING;

EID: 84894063543     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nin.12015     Document Type: Article

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