Spirituality in end-of-life care: Attending the person on their journey

British Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 546-551

  Hayden, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

End of life care; Nursing; Spiritual care practice; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755169002     PISSN: 14624753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjcn.2011.16.11.546     Document Type: Article

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