Doctors' and nurses' perceptions of ethical problems in end-of-life decisions

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 707-715

  Oberle, Kathleen ^a   Hughes, Dorothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

End of life decision making; Ethics; Medical ethics; Nursing ethics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; BURNOUT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; CONTROL; COOPERATION; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; WORK;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0035290031     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01710.x     Document Type: Article

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