Caring for dying patients and those facing death in an acute-care hospital in Singapore: A nurse's perspective

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 17-24

  Tan, Jessie ^a   Low, James Alvin ^a   Yap, Philip ^a   Lee, Angel ^a   Pang, Weng Sun ^a   Wu, Yingjuan ^b  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PHILIPPINES; SINGAPORE; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMOTIONS; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING; PHILIPPINES; SINGAPORE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33745279387     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20060501-05     Document Type: Article

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