Witnessing tragedy: Nurses' perceptions of caring for patients with cancer

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-120

  Kendall Dr , Sharon ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Clinical learning; Diagnosis; Phenomenology; Tragedy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BHUTAN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GRIEF; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; BHUTAN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GRIEF; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34250170870     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2007.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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