Tailoring traditional interviewing techniques for qualitative research with seriously Ill patients about the end-of-life: A primer

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-102

  Schulman Green, Dena ^a   McCorkle, Ruth ^a   Bradley, Elizabeth ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 77149180502     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.60.1.e     Document Type: Article

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