When the body is past fixing: Caring for bodies, caring for people

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 616-622

  Melia, Kath M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Death and dying; End of life care; Ethics; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NURSING CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE;

HUMANS; NURSING CARE; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84894247853     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12380     Document Type: Article

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