Being-with dying: Authenticity in end-of-life encounters

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 377-386

  Seno, Virginia L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Death and dying; End of life encounters; Heidegger; Phenomenology; Transitions to palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EMPATHY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHILOSOPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955339494     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909109359628     Document Type: Article

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