The power of consoling presence - hospice nurses' lived experience with spiritual and existential care for the dying

BMC Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tornøe, Kirsten A ^a,b,c   Danbolt, Lars J ^b,c   Kvigne, Kari ^d   Sørlie, Venke ^a  

^a LOVISENBERG DIACONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b MF NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY   (Norway)

^c INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^d INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consolation; Dying; Hospice nursing; Phenomenological hermeneutical study; Spiritual and existential care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907030589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-13-25     Document Type: Article

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