Staff perceptions concerning barriers and facilitators to end-of-life care in the nursing home

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 259-264

  Stillman, Diane ^a   Strumpf, Neville ^a   Capezuti, Elizabeth ^b   Tuch, Howard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23844554649     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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