End-of-life issues in US nursing school curricula: 1987-2006

Progress in Palliative Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 165-167

  Dickinson, George E ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

End of life; Teaching; Undergraduate nursing; United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACCALAUREATE NURSING STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; NURSING CARE; NURSING EDUCATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447270272     PISSN: 09699260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/096992606X112360     Document Type: Article

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