The specialist palliative care nurse: A qualitative study of the patients' perspective

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1011-1022

  Chapple, Alison ^a   Ziebland, Sue ^a   McPherson, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Death; Dying; Macmillan; Palliative care; Specialist nurses; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINALLY ILL; WALES;

EID: 33749436715     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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