A decision model for community nurses providing bereavement care

British Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 133-139

  Brownhill, Suzanne ^a   Chang, Esther ^a   Bidewell, John ^b   Johnson, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Medical and Applied Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bereavement care; Clinical decision making; Community w Nurse; District nurse; Grounded theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874688965     PISSN: 14624753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjcn.2013.18.3.133     Document Type: Article

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