'Making sense': Nurses' experiences of changing practice in caring for dying patients in New Zealand

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 500-507

  Thurston, Jenny ^a   Waterworth, Susan ^b  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Changing practice; End of life care; Integrated care pathways; Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP); Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868107061     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2012.18.10.500     Document Type: Article

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