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Coping: an essential element of nursing
Author(s) -
McHaffie Hazel E.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1992.tb02021.x
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , nursing , psychology , element (criminal law) , medicine , psychotherapist , political science , law
Coping: an essential element of nursing How well a person copes is central in determining his or her well‐being, no matter how ill he or she is Without an accurate appreciation of what coping is and how it may be facilitated, attempts to help patients may be both ineffective and harmful But the subject is multifaceted and poses many problems for clinicians and researchers alike This paper attempts to synthesize available knowledge on coping from various disciplines and apply it to life as nurses know it