The phenomenon of the difficult patient is well known to nurses. Nursing research
concerning this phenomenon is limited. The existing research focuses primarily on …

HRONIC ILLNESS often brings with it disfigurement, disability, or, at the very least, the
necessity to use equipment. Unfortunately a wheelchair, shortness of breath, an unsteady …

Caring for a “difficult patient” is a concern frequently communicated among nurses and
reported in the clinical and research literature. A theoretical perspective explaining the …

The topic of stigma came to the attention of modern-day behav ioral science in 1963 through
Erving Goffman's book with the engaging title, Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled …

In this study, simultaneous triangulation was used to explore the problem of the
'difficult'patient. Ethnoscience was used to describe the perceptions of nurses about the …

Comparatively little is known about the stigma which attaches to psychiatric day care, as
opposed to in‐patient care. This study uses grounded theory to analyse the views of 21 …

The current emphasis in nursing is on caring, what it involves and why it is the profession's
responsibility. This article focuses on the opposite behaviors—the" dark side of …

This paper discusses the findings of a pilot study of the phenomenology of the “difficult”
psychiatric inpatient. Twenty-five nurses and 12 psychiatric residents were asked to identify …

Stigma of visible and invisible chronic conditions Nurses deliver care to people with various
forms of chronic illnesses and conditions. Some chronic conditions, such as paraplegia, are …

Nurses have known about unpopular patients for over two decades Influential studies such
as Stockwell's in the UK have had considerable impact upon students of nursing Stockwell's …