A one-day education in soft tissue massage: Experiences and opinions as evaluated by nursing staff in palliative care

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-148

  Cronfalk, Berit Seiger ^a,b,c   Friedrichsen, Maria ^c,d,e,f   Milberg, Anna ^d,e,g   Strang, Peter ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Institute for Health Sciences   (Sweden)

^c Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Palliative Education and Research Center   (Sweden)

^f Campus Norrköping ^*  (Sweden)

^g LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Education; Massage; Nursing care; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HUMANS; MASSAGE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 44449084927     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951508000229     Document Type: Article

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