Longing for ground in a ground(less) world: A qualitative inquiry of existential suffering

BMC Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bruce, Anne ^a   Schreiber, Rita ^a   Petrovskaya, Olga ^a   Boston, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 79251585251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-10-2     Document Type: Article

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