Efccna survey: European intensive care nurses’ attitudes and beliefs towards end-of-life care

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 110-121

  Latour, Jos M ^a   Fulbrook, Paul ^b,c   Albarran, John W ^d  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Decision making; End of life care; Ethics; Intensive care; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHICS; EUROPE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 67651068893     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2008.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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