Affirming the connection: Comparative findings on communication issues from hospice patients and hematology survivors

Death Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 829-848

  McGrath, Pam ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RELIGION; SURVIVAL; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; EMOTION; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; DEATH; EMOTIONS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; SURVIVORS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 6344219630     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180490490889     Document Type: Article

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