Staff stress, work satisfaction, and death attitudes on an oncology palliative care unit, and on a medical and radiation oncology inpatient unit

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-39

  Pierce, Bruce ^a   Dougherty, Elizabeth ^a   Panzarella, Tony ^a   Le, Lisa W ^a   Rodin, Gary ^a   Zimmermann, Camilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

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EID: 34147222937     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585970702300105     Document Type: Review

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