The lived experience of working in a mortuary

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 88-93

  Brysiewicz, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mortuary; Mortuary experience; Mortuary staff; South Africa; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNOUT; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEATH, SUDDEN; FAMILY; GRIEF; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTUARY PRACTICE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SOUTH AFRICA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34247553272     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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