Fruitful or futile: Intensive care nurses' experiences and perceptions of medical futility

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-31

  Heland, Melodie ^a  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING DISCIPLINE; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; NURSE'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; VICTORIA;

EID: 33646119196     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1036-7314(06)80020-2     Document Type: Article

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