Associations between oncology nurses' attitudes toward death and caring for dying patients

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Braun, Michal ^a   Gordon, Dalya ^b,c   Uziely, Beatrice ^b,c  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b Oncology Ambulatory Service Unit   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPATHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPATHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77949331155     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/10.ONF.E43-E49     Document Type: Article

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