Having to focus on doing rather than being-Nurse assistants' experience of palliative care in municipal residential care settings

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 455-464

  Beck, Ingela ^a   Törnquist, Agneta ^a   Broström, Linus ^a   Edberg, Anna Karin ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Focus group; Frail elderly; Nursing assistants; Nursing homes; Palliative care; Support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN;

FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; SWEDEN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84859005789     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2011.10.016     Document Type: Article

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