From cure to palliation: Agreement, timing, and decision making within the staff

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 366-370

  Bolmsjö, Ingrid Agren ^a   Nilstun, Tore ^b   Löfmark, Rurik ^c  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agreement; Decision making; Palliative care; Timing; Transition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSENSUS; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35349006296     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909107300213     Document Type: Article

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