Working through grief and loss: Oncology nurses' perspectives on professional bereavement

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Wenzel, Jennifer ^a   Shaha, Maya ^b   Klimmek, Rachel ^c   Krumm, Sharon ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; GRIEF; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEREAVEMENT; FOCUS GROUPS; GRIEF; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79959838725     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/11.ONF.E272-E282     Document Type: Article

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