End-of-life decision making, organ donation and critical care nurses

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 78-86

  Daly, Barbara J ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNSELING; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; COUNSELING; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERMINAL CARE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33745253966     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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