Caring for people at the end of life: Iranian oncology nurses' experiences

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-147

  Iranmanesh, Sedigheh ^a   Abbaszadeh, Abbas ^a   Dargahi, Helen ^b   Cheraghi, Mohammad Ali ^c  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Caring for dying people; Iran; Lived experience; Oncology nurses; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

EID: 73849146415     PISSN: 09731075     EISSN: 19983735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.58461     Document Type: Article

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