Users' views of palliative care services: Ethical implications

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 314-326

  Woods, Simon ^a   Beaver, Kinta ^a   Luker, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethics; family involvement; palliative care services; terminal care; users views

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

CAREGIVERS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 5944259399     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096973300000700405     Document Type: Article

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