Latching onto life: Living in the area of tension between the possibility of life and the necessity of death

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 811-818

  Sæteren, Berit ^a   Lindström, Unni Å ^b   Nåden, Dagfinn ^b,c  

^a VID SPECIALIZED UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; Confirmation; Health; Spirituality; Suffering; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; PROBABILITY;

DEATH; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PROBABILITY;

EID: 79951537654     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03212.x     Document Type: Article

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