Death and dying in a hospice : an ethnographic study
Hospice care is believed to offer the best care for terminally ill patients (Manning, 1984). This thesis explores how patients on a hospice in-patient unit perceived and responded to surrounding dying and multiple deaths which they encountered. The approach to this ethnographic study incorporates th...
Main Author: | Mazer, Therese M. |
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University of Edinburgh
1994
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.657495 |
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