When cultural values meets professional values: a qualitative study of chinese nurses’ attitudes and experiences concerning death

Abstract Background In China, there is a culture of death-avoidance and death-denying. Influenced by this distinctive socio-cultural views surrounding death, nurses often find it challenging to handle death and care for dying patients. This study explores the nurses’ attitudes and coping strategies...

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Main Authors: Jiong Tu, Manxuan Shen, Ziying Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-10-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-022-01067-3