Palliative care nurses' feelings about death rattle

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 615-616

  Watts, Tessa ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0033187353     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.1999.0270a.x     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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