Finnish nurses' interpretations of patient autonomy in the context of end-of-life decision making

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-51

  Hildén, Hanna Mari ^a   Honkasalo, Marja Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; End of life decision making; Nurse patient relationship; Patient autonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIVING WILL; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 29144451553     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733006ne856oa     Document Type: Article

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