Caring for cancer patients on non-specialist wards

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 761-767

  Gill, Finola ^a   Duffy, Anita ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cancer care Knowledge; Clinical competence; Non specialized cancer nurses; Oncology nursing

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGY NURSING; REVIEW; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONCOLOGIC NURSING;

EID: 77955889147     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2010.19.12.48654     Document Type: Article

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