Life-prolonging treatment in nursing homes: How do physicians and nurses describe and justify their own practice?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 396-400

  Dreyer, A ^a   Forde R ^a   Nortvedt, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77958090661     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2010.036244     Document Type: Article

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