Let's talk about sex: Risky business for cancer and palliative care clinicians

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-60

  Hordern, Amanda J ^a   Street, Annette F ^b  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer and palliative care; Communication; Qualitative research; Reflexivity; Sexuality and intimacy; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 44449152178     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2007.27.1.49     Document Type: Article

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