Death and dying in nursing homes: A burden for the staff?

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-180

  Jenull, Brigitte ^a   Brunner, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Elderly; End of life care; Mixed methodology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 41049091562     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464807313404     Document Type: Article

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