The attitude of Canadian nurses towards advance directives

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 399-411

  Blondeau, Danielle ^a   Lavoie, Mireille ^a   Valois, Pierre ^a   Keyserlingk, Edward W ^b   Hébert, Martin ^c   Martineau, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c McGill University ^*

Author keywords

Advance directives; Advocacy; Nurses' attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY;

EID: 0034278475     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096973300677397590     Document Type: Article

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