Stress and coping in hospice nursing staff. The impact of attachment styles

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 563-572

  Hawkins, Andrew C ^a   Howard, Ruth A ^b   Oyebode, Jan R ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Cancer; Coping; Nurse; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DYING; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HOSPICE NURSING; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ONCOLOGY NURSING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING STAFF; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34447252398     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1064     Document Type: Article

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