Perception of palliative care and euthanasia among recently graduated and experienced nurses

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 761-776

  Brzostek, Tomasz ^a   Dekkers, Wim ^b   Zalewski, Zbigniew ^a   Januszewska, Anna ^a   Górkiewicz, Maciej ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eeuthanasia; Factors affecting attitudes; Nurses' attitudes; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHILOSOPHY; POLAND; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CODES OF ETHICS; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; POLAND; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 58949097919     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733008095386     Document Type: Article

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