Death and help expected from nurses when dying

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 360-375

  Shih, Fu Jin ^b   Gau, Meei Ling ^a   Lin, Yaw Sheng ^c   Pong, Suang Jing ^d   Lin, Hung Ru ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese culture; Perceptions of death; Qualitative methods; Senior BSN students; Taiwan's culture; Transitional dying process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COOPERATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING; TAIWAN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33745737558     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733006ne881oa     Document Type: Article

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