Living with dying: A hermeneutic phenomenological study of the work of hospice nurses

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 742-751

  Evans, Marie Josephine ^a   Hallett, Christine E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comfort care; Dying; Nurses; Nursing; Palliative care; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FAMILY; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSE; RELIGION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FAMILY; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPICES; HUMANS; NURSES; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 34047145463     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01620.x     Document Type: Article

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