Hospice nurses’ emotional challenges in their encounters with the dying

The purpose of this study was to explore nurses’ emotional challenges when caring for the dying in hospices. The study has a qualitative design, and knowledge was developed through a dialectical exchange between theory and data. Ten individual in-depth interviews were conducted with nurses recruited...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lina Paola Ingebretsen, Mette Sagbakken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-06-01
Series:International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being
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Online Access:http://www.ijqhw.net/index.php/qhw/article/view/31170/46914