Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 120-125 , April 2008

Can the Death of a Child Be Good?

Poster presentation of “Concept Analysis of Good Death” at Southern Nursing Research Society, February 2005.

  • Susan Bush Welch, MS, RN, CPNP

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Susan Bush Welch, MS, RN, CPNP, Marshall University School of Nursing, 1 John Marshall Drive, Huntington, WV 25755.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2007.08.015

Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 120-125 , April 2008

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