'Bridging worlds': Meeting the emotional needs of dying patients

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2630-2641

  Law, Rollanda ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; District nursing; Dying patients; Emotional support; Grounded theory; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 70450196567     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05126.x     Document Type: Article

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