Missed opportunities: Nursing insights on end-of-life care for haematology patients

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 295-301

  McGrath, Pam ^a   Holewa, Hamish ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

End of life care; Haematology; Model; Nursing; Palliative care.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; INTERVIEW; MODEL; NURSING; TERMINAL CARE;

HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; INTERVIEWS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33750580423     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2006.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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