Hospice nurses' perspectives of spirituality

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 19-20, 2013, Pages 2923-2933

  Tiew, Lay Hwa ^a,b   Kwee, Jian Hui ^a,c   Creedy, Debra K ^d   Chan, Moon Fai ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

End of life; Hospice nurses; Perceptions; Perspectives; Spiritual care; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; END OF LIFE; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HOSPICE NURSES; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PERCEPTIONS; PERSPECTIVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SINGAPORE; SPIRITUAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

END OF LIFE; HOSPICE NURSES; PERCEPTIONS; PERSPECTIVES; SPIRITUAL CARE; SPIRITUALITY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; SINGAPORE; SPIRITUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883553367     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12358     Document Type: Article

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