Applied Nursing Research
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 22-28 , February 2005

Enhancing the therapeutic potential of hospital environments by increasing the personal control and emotional comfort of hospitalized patients

  • Anne M. Williams, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • National Health and Medical Research Council, Nedlands, Western Autralia 6009, Australia
    • Centre for Nursing Research, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital/Edith Cowan University, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Centre for Nursing Research, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, “R” Block, 3rd Floor, South Wing, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia. Tel.: +61 8 9346 3140; fax: +61 8 9346 4965.
    • ,
  • Vera F. Irurita, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia

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☆ This article described findings from a research carried out for a PhD degree at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Curtin University of Technology, Perth Western Australia.

☆☆ This study was supported financially by an Australian Postgraduate Awards as well as by the Olive Anstey Nursing Fund.

PII: S0897-1897(04)00087-4

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2004.11.001

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 22-28 , February 2005

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