End of life decisions: Nurses perceptions, feelings and experiences

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 251-259

  McMillen, Rachel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

End of life decisions; Intensive care; Nurses and decision making; Withdrawal of treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNOUT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; TIME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; ENGLAND; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 52249088627     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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