The registered nurse: Perceptions about advance directives

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 26-36

  Jarr, Sandra ^a   Henderson, Martha L ^b   Henley, Carl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Nurse perceptions; Nurses' knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORK;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032134735     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: 15505065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-199808000-00007     Document Type: Article

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