Can nurses contribute to better end-of-life care?

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 134-140

  Shotton, Leila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

'Medical futility'; Adult and neonatal intensive care; End of life care

Indexed keywords

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WORK;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; JOB DESCRIPTION; MEDICAL FUTILITY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0034154570     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096973300670012124     Document Type: Article

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