Rituals, death and the moral practice of medical futility

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 292-302

  Mohammed, Shan ^a   Peter, Elizabeth ^b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

End of life; Ethics; Medical futility; Medical technology; Rituals; Walker

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; PHILOSOPHY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SYMBOLISM; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MORALS; NURSE'S ROLE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 68149110235     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733009102691     Document Type: Article

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