Table 5

Interrelationships between nurses and patient's characteristics and caring behavior in burnout.

Nurse's characteristics

Patient's characteristics

+

-

+

Naturally good behavior

Relatively good behavior related to ethical aspects- sometimes non-ethical

-

Relatively good behavior related to inhibition of non-ethical aspects

Bad behavior related to the opportunity for emerging non-ethical aspects

Rafii et al. BMC Nursing 2004 3:6   doi:10.1186/1472-6955-3-6