Exploring the meaning and practice of self-care among palliative care nurses and doctors: A qualitative study

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Mills, Jason ^a,b   Wand, Timothy ^b   Fraser, Jennifer A ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Palliative care; Positive emotions; Self care; Self compassion; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PURPOSIVE SAMPLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SOFTWARE; WELLBEING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE;

EID: 85045555169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12904-018-0318-0     Document Type: Article

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