What is a Good Death? Health Care Professionals' Narrations on End-of-Life Care

Death Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-27

  Cipolletta, Sabrina ^a   Oprandi, Nadia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84885906340     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2012.707166     Document Type: Article

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