Resilience and well-being in palliative care staff: A qualitative study of hospice nurses' experience of work

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 733-740

  Ablett, Janice R ^a,b   Jones, R S P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b The Marie Curie Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hardiness; Palliative care; Qualitative; Resilience; Sense of coherence; Staff; Well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE NURSING; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34547863885     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1130     Document Type: Article

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