Nurses' early and ongoing encounters with the dying and the dead: A scoping review of the international literature

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2020, Pages 310-324

  Jones, Kerry ^a   Draper, Jan ^a   Davies, Alison ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Death; Dying; Nursing; Patient and families; Support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CINAHL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDLINE; MENTOR; META ANALYSIS; PHILOSOPHY; PREFERRED REPORTING ITEMS FOR SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSES; PSYCINFO; REGISTERED NURSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEACHING; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CADAVER; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NURSES; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85089924424     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: 2052286X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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