The shift to early palliative care: A typology of illness journeys and the role of nursing

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 304-310

  Wittenberg Lyles, Elaine ^a   Goldsmith, Joy ^b   Ragan, Sandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b YOUNG HARRIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CURRICULUM; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME;

CAREGIVERS; CURRICULUM; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79957955746     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/11.CJON.304-310     Document Type: Article

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