Perception of doctors and nurses on the care and bereavement support for relatives of terminally ill patients in an acute setting

Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-13

  Tse, Doris M W ^a   Wu, Kitty K ^a   Suen, Margaret H ^a   Ko, Fanny Y ^a   Yung, Grace L ^a  

^a Caritas Medical Centre Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Death; Grief; Referral and consultation; Staff development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DEATH; DYING; EMOTIONALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SELF ESTEEM; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 34247498279     PISSN: 10262121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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