What is a good death? Terminally ill patients dealing with normative expectations around death and dying

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 64, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 378-386

  Goldsteen, Minke ^a   Houtepen, Rob ^b   Proot, Ireen M ^c   Abu Saad, Huda Huijer ^d   Spreeuwenberg, Cor ^b   Widdershoven, Guy ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UM ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Institute for Bioethics   (Netherlands)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Good death; Normative expectations; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; DYING; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CAREGIVERS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33751092941     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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