Attitudes about care at the end of life among clinicians: A quick, reliable, and valid assessment instrument

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-14

  Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a   Cicchetti, Domenic V ^b   Fried, Terri R ^c   Rousseau, David M ^a   Johnson Hurzeler, Rosemary ^d   Kasl, Stanislav V ^a   Horwitz, Sarah M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d John D Thompson Hospice Inst T   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0034154313     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585970001600103     Document Type: Article

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