Comfort for the dying: Five year retrospective and one year prospective studies of end of life experiences

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-179

  Fenwick, Peter ^a   Lovelace, Hilary ^a   Brayne, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deathbed coincidences; Deathbed phenomena; Deathbed visions; End of life experiences; Training of the personnel for deathbed care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CONSCIOUSNESS; DYING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY CONFLICT; HALLUCINATION; HOPE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; TIME OF DEATH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77955267675     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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