The lived experience of palliative homecare nurses in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 151-157

  Chong, P H ^a   Poon, W H ^b  

^a HCA Hospice Care   (Singapore)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nurses; Palliative care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEAMWORK; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE CARE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 79958255121     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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