Four year cross-sectional comparison of death distress among nursing college students

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-248

  Al Sabwah, Mohammed N ^a   Abdel Khalek, Ahmed M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

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EID: 34547452645     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/5LJ1-BF5B-62QP-1YC9     Document Type: Article

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