International Emergency Nursing
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 119-126 , July 2010

Nurses’ provision of spiritual care in the Emergency Setting – An Irish Perspective

  • Barry McBrien, MSc (Hons), BSc (Hons), PG Dip, PG. Cert., RGN (Co-ordinator Post Graduate Diploma in Emergency Nursing)

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Received 1 July 2009 ,Revised 11 September 2009 ,Accepted 15 September 2009.

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International Emergency Nursing
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 119-126 , July 2010

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