An investigation into the spiritual needs of neuro-oncology patients from a nurse perspective

BMC Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nixon, Aline Victoria ^a   Narayanasamy, Aru ^a   Penny, Vivian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical incident techniques; Neuro oncology; Spiritual care; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873025290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-12-2     Document Type: Article

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