Nursing autonomy plays an important role in nurses' attitudes toward caring for dying patients

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 202-210

  Miyashita, Mitsunori ^a,c   Nakai, Yuko ^a   Sasahara, Tomoyo ^a   Koyama, Yurie ^a,b   Shimizu, Yoichi ^d   Tsukamoto, Naoko ^b   Kawa, Masako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Attitude toward death; Nursing; Nursing education; Palliative care; Professional autonomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34347235861     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909106298396     Document Type: Article

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