Humanistic Nursing Theory: Application to hospice and palliative care

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 471-479

  Wu, Hung Lan ^a   Volker, Deborah L ^b  

^a MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospice palliative care; Humanistic Nursing Theory; Nurses; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMANISM; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING THEORY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TAIWAN;

FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANISM; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; NURSING THEORY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; TAIWAN;

EID: 84855725014     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05770.x     Document Type: Article

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