title: The nurse in a cancer ward.
abstract: The value of discussion groups in clarifying the problems facing nurses who manage patients suffering from cancer is stressed. Nurses' responses to a questionnaire centered around the nursing of patients are examined. Some suggestions are made regarding the training of staff members who work in cancer wards.
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D003142:Communication; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005190:Family; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008545:Melanoma / Q000451:nursing*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D012151:Resuscitation; D013727:Terminal Care; D013795:Thanatology