Home care and hospice nurses’ attitudes toward death and caring for the dying: Effects of palliative care education

Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 212-218

  Wessel, Elizabeth M ^a   Rutledge, Dana N ^b  

^a ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Nursing; Palliative care; Personal narratives

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011643363     PISSN: 15222179     EISSN: 15390705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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