Loss: An analysis of a concept of particular interest to nursing

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 779-784

  Robinson, David S ^a,c   McKenna, Hugh P ^b  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concept analysis; Loss

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MODEL; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

BEREAVEMENT; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032040238     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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