French district nurses' opinions towards euthanasia, involvement in end-of-life care and nurse-patient relationship: A national phone survey

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 708-711

  Bendiane, M K ^a   Galinier, A ^b   Favre, R ^c   Ribiere, C ^d   Lapiana, J M ^e   Obadia, Y ^a   Peretti Watel, Patrick ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^e Palliative Care Unit La Maison   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; FRANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EUTHANASIA; FRANCE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 37349066259     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2006.018374     Document Type: Article

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