Promoting a good death: An agenda for outcomes research - a review of the literature

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-106

  Mak, June Mui Hing ^a   Clinton, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

euthanasia; good death; health outcomes; hospice care

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STANDARD;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHICS, NURSING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

EID: 0033090049     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096973309900600202     Document Type: Article

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