Patients are not fully human: A nurse's coping response to stress

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 768-777

  Trifiletti, Elena ^a   Di Bernardo, Gian Antonio ^b   Falvo, Rossella ^b   Capozza, Dora ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 84919470513     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jasp.12267     Document Type: Article

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