Health care social workers' views of ethical issues, practice, and policy in end-of-life care

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 1-22

  Csikai, Ellen L ^a   Bass, Kelli ^b  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b East Texas Community Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; End of life care; End of life decisions; Ethical decision making; Ethical issues; Ethics; Health care; Hospitals; Social work practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL WORK; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034453735     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v32n02_01     Document Type: Article

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