Respecting the wishes of patients in intensive care units

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 651-664

  Kinoshita, Satomi ^a  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Japan)

Author keywords

End of life care; Intensive care nurses; Intensive care unit; Patients' wishes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; JAPAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGHT TO DIE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIGHT TO DIE; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 34548440704     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733007075890     Document Type: Article

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