Implementing advance care planning: A qualitative study of community nurses' views and experiences

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Seymour, Jane ^a   Almack, Kathryn ^a   Kennedy, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING CARE; NURSING EDUCATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 85040653774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-9-4     Document Type: Review

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