Israeli critical care nurses' attitudes toward physician-assisted dying

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 412-422

  DeKeyser Ganz, Freda ^a   Musgrave, Catherine F ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISRAEL; MALE; MARRIAGE; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTED DYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; VIGNETTE;

ADULT; CRITICAL CARE; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS;

EID: 33751340892     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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