Coping with moral distress in oncology practice: Nurse and physician strategies

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 505-512

  Lievrouw, An ^a   Vanheule, Stijn ^b   Deveugele, Myriam ^b   De Vos, Martine ^b   Pattyn, Piet ^b   Van Belle, ^b   Benoit, Dominique D ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer; Caregiver; Coping; Moral distress; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NEOPLASM; NURSE; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NEOPLASMS; NURSES; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84975815516     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/16.ONF.505-512     Document Type: Article

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