Case study: Dying with a stage IV pressure ulcer

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-48

  Kayser Jones, Jeanie S ^a   Beard, Renée L ^b   Sharpp, Tara J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; PAIN; PATHOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 58249093451     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000344036.26898.e3     Document Type: Review

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