Terminally ill patients in the emergency department: A practical overview of end-of-life issues

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 515-522

  McClain, Kay ^a   Perkins, Peggy ^b  

^a Marlborough Hospital   (United States)

^b Fallbrook Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYGEN; STEROID; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEHYDRATION; DELIRIUM; DYSPNEA; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPATHY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FATIGUE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; LEARNING; LEISURE; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MUSIC THERAPY; NEBULIZATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036923196     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/men.2002.129825     Document Type: Article

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