Swedish Nurses experiences of caring for dying people: A Holistic approach

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 243-252

  Iranmanesh, Sedigheh ^a,b   Häggström, Terttu ^a   Axelsson, Karin ^a   Sävenstedt, Stefan ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Homes; Hospital developing; Nurses; Palliative care; Phenomenological hermeneutics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 68949177125     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HNP.0b013e3181aecf12     Document Type: Article

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