Communicating with terminally ill cancer patients and their families

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 646-653

  Hjörleifsdóttir, Elisabet ^a   Carter, Diana E ^b  

^a Akureyri Regional Hospital   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034311620     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/nedt.2000.0483     Document Type: Article

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