International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 203-207 , June 1999

A study of the perceptions of hospice day care patients: my phenomenological methodology

  • Jane B Hopkinson

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Received 4 September 1997 ,Revised 13 June 1998 ,Accepted 12 October 1998.

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International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 203-207 , June 1999