Dying well: Nurses' experiences of 'good and bad' deaths in hospital

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 594-601

  Costello, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dying; Interviews; Nurses; Older people; Qualitative research; Research report

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33744493384     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03867.x     Document Type: Article

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