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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Social aspects of bereavement.
AU - Field, D.
AU - Payne, Sheila
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - The death of a family member is one of the most stressful and disruptive life events and, at some point in their career, all cancer nurses will come into contact with friends and relatives of a cancer patient who has died. This article aims to make nurses aware of the ‘new’ approach to understanding bereavement, one which challenges standard theories of how to deal with loss, and one which is still being overlooked in much of today’s nursing education.
AB - The death of a family member is one of the most stressful and disruptive life events and, at some point in their career, all cancer nurses will come into contact with friends and relatives of a cancer patient who has died. This article aims to make nurses aware of the ‘new’ approach to understanding bereavement, one which challenges standard theories of how to deal with loss, and one which is still being overlooked in much of today’s nursing education.
KW - Bereavement
KW - Death
KW - Attitudes
M3 - Journal article
VL - 2
SP - 21
EP - 25
JO - Cancer Nursing Practice
JF - Cancer Nursing Practice
SN - 1475-4266
IS - 8
ER -