Clinician Confidence and Comfort in Providing Perinatal Palliative Care

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-58

  Wool, Charlotte ^a  

^a YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinician confidence; Fetal anomaly; Nurse confidence; Perinatal hospice; Perinatal palliative care; Physician confidence; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872371187     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2012.01432.x     Document Type: Article

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