The meaning of letting go: The lived experience for caregivers of persons at the end of life

Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 215-222

  Kruse, Barbara G ^a  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human becoming; Letting go; Paradox; Parse; Phenomenology; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750380157     PISSN: 15222179     EISSN: 15390705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129191-200410000-00010     Document Type: Article

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