Community nurses' experiences of ethical dilemmas in palliative care: A Swedish study

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 224-231

  Karlsson, Margareta ^a   Roxberg, Asa ^b,c   Da Silva, António Barbosa ^d   Berggren, Ingela ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c University College of Haraldsplass   (Norway)

^d Department of Systematic Theology   (Norway)

^e University West   (United States)

Author keywords

Concern; Content analysis; Frustration; Nursing; Powerlessness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MODEL; MOTIVATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN;

EID: 77956224140     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2010.16.5.48143     Document Type: Article

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