Being a palliative care nurse in an academic hospital: A qualitative study about nurses' perceptions of palliative care nursing

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 785-793

  Georges, Jean Jacques ^a,d   Grypdonck, Mieke ^a,b   De Casterle, Bernadette Dierckx ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitude to care; Moral agency; Nurses' perceptions; Palliative care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; ETHICS, NURSING; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036832551     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2002.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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