Psychosocial care in oncology nursing: a study of social knowledge

Author(s): Snowball, J.

Journal/Book: J Clin Nurs. 1999; 8: P O Box 88, Osney Mead, Oxford Ox2 0NE, Oxon, England. Blackwell Science Ltd. 39-47.

Abstract: A combination of focus group and individual interviews aimed to examine psychosocial aspects of nursing within a social contest and social knowledge held by two teams of ward-based oncology nurses. Five core categories of knowledge emerged: knowledge of how; to care, knowledge of the patient, knowledge of the ward, knowledge of nurses coping, and knowledge of involvement. Involvement or emotional closeness was seen as a necessary, inevitable and potentially stressful feature of psychosocial care. The authors conclude that interpersonal and professional aspects of nursing must be balanced in order to provide effective psychosocial care.

Note: Article Roberts D, John Radcliffe Hosp, Dept Psychol Med, Barnes Unit, Oxford OX3 9DU, ENGLAND

Keyword(s): closeness; ethnographic; focus group; involvement; nurse-patient interaction; psychosocial; PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; CANCER-PATIENTS; NURSES; COMMUNICATION; EXPLORATION; INVOLVEMENT

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