Light-hearted death talk in a palliative day care context

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1091-1097

  Langley Evans, Alison ^a   Payne, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Awareness contexts; Communication; Discourse; Palliative day care; Talk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMMUNICATION; DAY CARE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 0031297494     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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