Cultural challenges in end-of-life care: Reflections from focus groups' interviews with hospice staff in Stockholm

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 623-630

  Ekblad, Solvig ^b   Marttila, A ^c   Emilsson, M ^a  

^a Swed Natl Inst Psychosocial F   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cultural training; End of life care; Focus groups; Health and social care; Hospices; Multicultural; Nursing; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034146439     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01318.x     Document Type: Review

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