Weaving a fabric of moral meaning: How nurses live with suffering and death

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1136-1142

  Maeve, M Katherine ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring; Constant comparative method; Dying; Embodiment; Naturalistic inquiry; Relationship; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0032092437     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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