Circumstances of death in hospitalized patients and nurses' perceptions: French multicenter Mort-a-l'Hôpital Survey

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 867-875

  Ferrand, Edouard ^a   Jabre, Patricia ^a   Vincent Genod, Claire ^a   Aubry, Régis ^c   Badet, Michel ^d   Badia, Philippe ^e   Cariou, Alain ^f   Ellien, Françoise ^j   Gounant, Valérie ^g   Gil, Roger ^k   Jaber, Samir ^l   Jay, Sylvie ^m   Paillaud, Elena ^b   Poulain, Philippe ⁿ   Regnier, Bernard ^h   Reignier, Jean ^o   Socie, Gérard ⁱ   Tardy, Bernard ^p   Lemaire, François ^a   Brun Buisson, Christian ^a   Marty, Jean ^a   more..

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Hopital Albert Chenevier   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^d CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Medical Intensive Care Unit   (France)

^f Poitiers University ^*  (France)

^g HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^h BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^j ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^l UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^m District Hospital Center   (France)

ⁿ INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^o District Hospital Center   (France)

^p SERVICE DE NEUROLOGIE   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; ETHICS; FAMILY; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RESUSCITATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 42949149813     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.8.867     Document Type: Article

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