Identifying care actions to conserve dignity in end-of-life care

British Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 238-245

  Brown, Hilary ^a,b   Johnston, Bridget ^c   Östlund, Ulrika ^d  

^a NHS HIGHLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Lorn and Isl Dist General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication; Dignity; End of life care; Focus groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955868600     PISSN: 14624753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjcn.2011.16.5.238     Document Type: Article

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