Work culture among healthcare personnel in a palliative medicine unit

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-140

  André, Beate ^a   Sjovold, Endre ^a   Rannestad, Toril ^a   Holmemo, Marte ^a   Ringdal, Gerd I ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Healthcare personnel; PMU; SPGR method; Work culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880519789     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951512000818     Document Type: Article

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