From hope and expectation to unexpected death after cardiac surgery

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 242-250

  Ivarsson, Bodil ^a   Larsson, Sylvia ^a   Johnsson, Per ^a   Lührs, Carsten ^a   Sjöberg, Trygve ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Complication; Death; Heart; Information; Next of kin

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUDDEN DEATH; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNICATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 52049104707     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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