Nurses' involvement in end-of-life decisions

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 222-228

  De Veer, Anke J E ^a   Francke, Anneke L ^a   Poortvliet, Ernst Paul ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Centre for Excellence in Nursing   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advanced care planning; End of life decisions; Euthanasia; Nurses; Palliative care; Terminal care; Withholding treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 43249126226     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000305724.83271.f9     Document Type: Article

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