Knowledge of rural nurses' aides about end-of-life care

Family and Community Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-241

  Denham, Sharon A ^a   Meyer, Michael G ^c,d   Rathbun, Ann ^b   Toborg, Mary A ^c,d   Thornton, Leslie ^c,d  

^a School of Nursing

^b School of Health Sciences

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Toborg Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life; Nurse aides; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSISTANT; RURAL POPULATION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES' AIDES; RURAL POPULATION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746521882     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200607000-00010     Document Type: Article

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