Attitudinal patterns determining decision-making in severely ill elderly patients: A cross-cultural comparison between nurses from Sweden and Germany

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 381-388

  Richter, Jörg ^a   Eisemann, Martin R ^b  

^a ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Advance directive; Cross cultural comparison; Decision making; Elderly; Incompetent patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 0035431118     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(00)00093-6     Document Type: Article

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