Anaesthesia care of older patients as experienced by nurse anaesthetists

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-272

  Mauleon, Annika Larsson ^a   Palo Bengtsson, Liisa ^b   Ekman, Sirkka Liisa ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anaesthesia care; Ethics; Moral distress; Older patients; Paradigm case; Problematic care; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; NURSING; PATIENT CARE;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NARRATION; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OPERATING ROOM NURSING; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SWEDEN;

EID: 17844375373     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733005ne788oa     Document Type: Article

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