Nurses' and social workers' attitudes and beliefs about and involvement in life-sustaining treatment decisions

Health and Social Work

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-35

  Werner, Perla ^a   Carmel, Sara ^b   Ziedenberg, Hanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

End of life; Life sustaining treatments; Nurses; Social workers; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ISRAEL; JEW; LONG TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; RESUSCITATION; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RELIGION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SOCIAL WORK; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 2342614971     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/29.1.27     Document Type: Review

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