The lived experience of the oncology clinical nurse specialist

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 513-521

  Loftus, Linda A ^a   McDowell, Joan ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lived experience; Narratives; Oncology clinical nurse specialists; Phenomenology; Uniqueness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGY NURSING; UNITED KINGDOM;

HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0034543990     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7489(00)00028-6     Document Type: Article

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