Attitudes to cancer of medical and surgical nurses in a district general hospital

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 162-170

  McCaughan, Eilis ^a   Parahoo, Kader ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cancer; Cancer care; Medical nurses; Surgical nurses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034259844     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ejon.2000.0086     Document Type: Article

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