Metasynthesis: Withdrawing life-sustaining treatments: The experience of family decision-makers

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-173

  Meeker, Mary Ann ^a   Jezewski, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life decision making; Ethics; Family; Nurses; Nursing; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FAMILY; HUMANS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 57649186934     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02465.x     Document Type: Article

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