Oncology nurses' grif: A literature review

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 625-627

  Brown, Christina ^a   Wood, Angela ^a  

^a Carson Newman College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRIEF; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSE; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

GRIEF; HUMANS; NURSES; ONCOLOGIC NURSING;

EID: 77449117440     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/09.CJON.625-627     Document Type: Review

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