The decision-making process when starting terminal care as assessed by nursing staff

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 20-35

  Kuuppelomäki, Merja ^a  

^a SEINÄJOKI UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

decision making; life prolonging treatment; nursing staff; terminal care; terminally ill patient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0006933529     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733002ne478oa     Document Type: Article

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