Advance directives and end-of-life decision making: Survey of critical care nurses' knowledge, attitude, and experience

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 30-40

  Scherer, Yvonne K ^a   Jezewski, Mary Ann ^a   Graves, Brian ^b   Wu, Yow Wu Bill ^a   Bu, Xiaoyan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVING WILL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; NURSING; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33748857017     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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