Helpfulness of nursing actions to suddenly bereaved family members in an accident and emergency setting in Hong Kong

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 170-180

  Li, Serena P ^a   Chan, Carmen W H ^b   Lee, Diana T F ^b  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Bereavement; Chinese culture; Helpful and unhelpful nursing actions; Hong Kong; Suddenly bereaved family members

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; SUDDEN DEATH;

ACCIDENTS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; BEREAVEMENT; CULTURE; DEATH, SUDDEN; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GRIEF; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036782221     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02359.x     Document Type: Article

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