Breaking bad news: A phenomenological exploration of irish nurses' experiences of caring for patients when a cancer diagnosis is given in an acute care facility (part 1)

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Tobin, Gerard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breaking bad news; Cancer care; Cancer diagnosis; Phenomenology; Professional companionship; Truth telling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRELAND; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84868281692     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e318241921d     Document Type: Article

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