End-of-Life Practices at a Lebanese Hospital: Courage or Knowledge?

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 381-388

  Gebara, Jouhayna ^a   Tashjian, Hera ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

cultural diversity; end of life care; family involvement; Lebanon; Middle East

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEBANON; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHRISTIANITY; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; ISLAM; KNOWLEDGE; LEBANON; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIAL VALUES; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 33748295574     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659606291548     Document Type: Article

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