Issues of death and dying: the perspective of critical care nurses

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 81-87

  Cartwright, Colleen ^a   Steinberg, Margaret ^a   Williams, Ged ^b   Najman, Jake ^c   Williams, Gail ^c  

^a Healthy Ageing Research Unit

^b ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CRITICAL CARE; ETHICS, NURSING; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0031229228     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1036-7314(97)70405-3     Document Type: Article

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