The experience of the moment of death in a specialist palliative care unit (SPCU)

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Donnelly, Sinead M ^a   Donnelly, C N ^b  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DEATH; DYING; EMPATHY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HOSPICE CARE; INTERVIEW; NURSE ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; RITUAL; TERMINAL CARE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IRELAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; IRELAND; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 67651097935     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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