Attitudinal patterns determining decision-making in the treatmet of the elderly: A comparison between physicians and nurses in Germany and Sweden

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1326-1333

  Richter, J ^a   Eisemann, M R ^b  

^a ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Advance directive; Attitudes; Cross cultural comparison; Do not resuscitate order; End of life decision; Nurse; Physician

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERMANY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033797126     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340000602     Document Type: Article

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