Health care staff's opinions about existential issues among patients with cancer

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-68

  Browall, Maria ^a   Melin Johansson, Christina ^b   Strang, Susann ^a   Danielson, Ella ^b,c   Henoch, Ingela ^d,e  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d Bracke Diakoni   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Existential; Focus groups; Health care professionals; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77952426000     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S147895150999071X     Document Type: Article

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