Cultural differences with end-of-life care in the critical care unit

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 194-198

  Doolen, Jessica ^a   York, Nancy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Cultural diversity; End of life

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL CARE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548094838     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.DCC.0000286822.04238.df     Document Type: Review

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