The caring relationship in hospice care: An analysis based on the ethics of the caring conversation

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-40

  Olthuis, Gert ^a   Dekkers, Wim ^a   Leget, Carlo ^a   Vogelaar, Paul ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Hospice Bethlehem   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caring conversation; Ethics; Hospice nurse; Palliative care; Paul Ricoeur

Indexed keywords

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPATHY; ETHICS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; REVIEW;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 29144499995     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733006ne848oa     Document Type: Review

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