How patients spend their time in a hospice and in an oncological unit

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 818-828

  Rasmussen, Birgit H ^a   Sandman, P O ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Being; Doing; Hospice; Nursing practice; Oncology; Patient activities classification; Work sampling

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; SWEDEN; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; SWEDEN; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032176325     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00718.x     Document Type: Article

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