Living with death and dying: The experience of taiwanese hospice nurses

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 578-584

  Wu, Hung Lan ^a   Volker, Deborah L ^b  

^a MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949321155     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/09.ONF.578-584     Document Type: Article

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