Compassion: A critical review of peer-reviewed nursing literature

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 19-20, 2015, Pages 3006-3015

  Mccaffrey, Graham ^a   Mcconnell, Shelagh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compassion; Critical review; Ethics; Institutional environment; Nursing; Professionalism; Values

Indexed keywords

EMPATHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MORALITY; NURSING CARE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMPATHY; HUMANS; MORALS; NURSING CARE;

EID: 84942199070     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12924     Document Type: Article

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