A genealogy of what nurses know about ‘the good death’: A socio-materialist perspective

Nursing Philosophy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2021, Pages

  Rushton, Carole ^a   Edvardsson, David ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

capacity building death and dying care; nursing models; nursing policy; palliative care nursing; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; GENEALOGY; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; NURSING THEORY; PALLIATIVE NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUMANS; NURSES; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85113740361     PISSN: 14667681     EISSN: 1466769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nup.12365     Document Type: Article

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