Beyond empathy: clinical intimacy in nursing practice

Understanding, shared meaning, and mutual trust lie at the heart of the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship. This article introduces the concept of clinical intimacy by applying the interpersonal process model of intimacy to the nurse-patient relationship. The distinction between complementary an...

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Main Author: Kirk, Timothy W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2007
In: Nursing philosophy
Year: 2007, Volume: 8, Issue: 4, Pages: 233-243
Further subjects:B Intimacy
B Empathy
B Hermeneutics
B nurse–patient relations
B Meaning
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