Exploring Spanish emergency nurses' lived experience of the care provided for suddenly bereaved families

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 562-570

  López Socorro, Lourdes ^a,c   Tolson, Debbie ^b   Fleming, Valerie ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Bereaved relatives; Death and dying; Emergency nurse; Grief; Phenomenology; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPAIN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CULTURE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMPATHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SPAIN;

EID: 0035430366     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01872.x     Document Type: Article

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