The effects of mindfulness training program onreducing stress and promoting well-being amongnurses in critical care units

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 22-31

  Lan, Hee Kim ^a   Subramanian, Pathmawathi ^a   Rahmat, Norsiah ^a   Kar, Phang Cheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Critical care nurse; Happiness; Mindfulness; Stress; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899970181     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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