More than trivial: Strategies for using humor in palliative care

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 292-300

  Dean, Ruth Anne Kinsman ^a   Gregory, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Human relationships; Humor; Palliative care; Strategies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER; GRIEF; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMOR; INTERVIEW; INTUITION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE; OBSERVATION; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL WORKER; STRESS; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PALLIATIVE CARE; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 23244466063     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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