Student nurses' experience of their first death in clinical practice

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 448-453

  Parry, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; End of life care; Student nurses' experience; Teaching and learning methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053262874     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2011.17.9.448     Document Type: Article

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