Difficulties encountered by nurses in the care of terminally ill cancer patients in general hospitals in Japan

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 520-526

  Sasahara, Tomoyo ^a   Miyashita, Mitsunori ^a   Kawa, Masako ^a   Kazuma, Keiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; General hospital; Nurse's difficulties; Palliative care; Terminally ill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DEATH; DYING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0141590495     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216303pm802oa     Document Type: Article

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