The impact of end-of-life curriculum content on the attitudes of associate degree nursing students toward death and care of the dying

Teaching and Learning in Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 159-166

  Dobbins, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a Walters State Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Associate degree nursing; ELNEC curriculum; End of Life care

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053455272     PISSN: 15573087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.teln.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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