Oncology end-of-life nursing education consortium training program: Improving palliative care in cancer

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 801-807

  Coyne, Patrick ^a   Paice, Judith A ^b   Ferrell, Betty R ^c   Malloy, Pam ^d   Virani, Rose ^c   Fennimore, Laura A ^e  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING   (United States)

^e PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38549180403     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/07.ONF.801-807     Document Type: Article

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