Is a Good Death Possible After Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapy?

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 427-440

  Wiegand, Debra L ^a,b   Petri, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b American Association of Colleges of Nursing One Dupont Circle ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bad death; Critical care; End of life; Good death; Withdrawal of life support; Withdrawal of life sustaining treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRITICAL CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 77956157171     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2010.03.010     Document Type: Review

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