Nursing the dying: A descriptive survey of Australian undergraduate nursing curricula

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 417-425

  Johnson, Amanda ^a   Chang, Esther ^a   O'Brien, Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Care of the dying; Death and dying; Nurse education; Palliative Care; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958103560     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2009.01790.x     Document Type: Article

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