International dialogue on end of life: Challenges in the UK and USA

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 234-240

  Coombs, Maureen ^a   Long Sutehall, Tracy ^b   Shannon, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Critical care; Critical care nursing; End of life care; Team working

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; NURSE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TERMINAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952018034     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2010.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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