Hospice staff perspectives on dignity therapy

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1118-1120

  Montross, Lori P ^a   Meier, Emily A ^a   De Cervantes Monteith, Kelly ^a,b   Vashistha, Vishal ^a,c   Irwin, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LIBERTY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIGNITY THERAPY; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84884492757     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0030     Document Type: Article

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