The psychological experience of hospice workers during encounters with death

Omega (United States)

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 281-299

  Dearmond, Isabelle ^a  

^a San Diego Hospice and the Institute of Palliative Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BURNOUT; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880691351     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.66.4.a     Document Type: Article

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