Preferences for care near the end of life: Instrument validation for clinical practice

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-32

  Schirm, Victoria ^a   Sheehan, Denice ^b   Zeller, Richard A ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Kent State University ^*

Author keywords

Decision making; End of life; Psychometric evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DYING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIGION; SOCIAL WORKER; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 40949106425     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CNQ.0000306393.79282.5b     Document Type: Article

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