Attitudes of nursing staff to the autopsy

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 969-974

  Dziobon, Mark D ^a   Roberts, Ian S D ^a   Benbow, Emyr W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Nurses; Questionnaires; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONER; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTOPSY; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; COUNSELING; ENGLAND; FAMILY; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034305699     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.t01-1-01563.x     Document Type: Article

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