Critical care nurses' knowledge about the care of deceased adult patients in an intensive care unit

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-58

  Çelik, Sevim ^a   Uǧraş, Gülay Altun ^b   Durdu, Sabahat ^c   Kubaş, Meryem ^c   Aksoy, Güler ^b  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Deceased patient; Intensive care nurse; Nursing care; Post mortem care

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849124856     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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