Professional development: Iranian and Swedish nurses' experiences of caring for dying people

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 202-209

  Iranmanesh, Sedigheh ^a   Ghazanfari, Zahra ^b   Savenstedt, Stefan ^b   Haggstrom, Terttu ^c  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Caring for the dying; Iran; Nurses' experiences; Professional development; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053993501     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585971102700304     Document Type: Article

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