Alleviation of pain and symptoms with a life-shortening intention

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 682-695

  van Bruchem van de Scheur, Grada G ^a   van der Arend, Arie J G ^a   Abu Saad, Huda Huijer ^b   van Wijmen, Frans C B ^a   Spreeuwenberg, Cor ^a   ter Meulen, Ruud H J ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alleviation of pain and symptoms; Fecision making; Guidelines; Life shortening; Nurses; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PAIN; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, NURSING; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE'S ROLE; PAIN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 58149135127     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733008092876     Document Type: Article

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