Family support at end of life

AACN Advanced Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 426-435

  Kirchhoff, Karin T ^a   Faas, April I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life; Family; ICU

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE; VISITORS TO PATIENTS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 35848946118     PISSN: 15597768     EISSN: 15597768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AACN.0000298635.45653.c8     Document Type: Review

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