Acknowledging the 'elephant': Communication in palliative care

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-58

  Griffie, Julie ^a   Nelson Marten, Paula ^b   Muchka, Sandy ^c  

^a FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; DYING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; VENTILATOR; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 1342269800     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-200401000-00019     Document Type: Review

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