In search of legitimacy - Registered nurses' experience of providing palliative care in a municipal context

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 651-658

  Törnquist, Agneta ^a,b   Andersson, Magdalena ^a,c   Edberg, Anna Karin ^a,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Skåne County ^*  (Sweden)

^d KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Municipal care; Nurses' experience; Palliative care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MUNICIPAL CARE; NEOPLASM; NURSES' EXPERIENCE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

FOCUS GROUPS; MUNICIPAL CARE; NURSES' EXPERIENCE; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AGED; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPICES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84880273657     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.01074.x     Document Type: Article

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