Impact of death and dying on the personal lives and practices of palliative and hospice care professionals

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-187

  Sinclair, Shane ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DYING; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 79551707746     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.100511     Document Type: Article

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