Why is end-of-life care delivery sporadic?: A quantitative look at the barriers to and facilitators of providing end-of-life care in the neonatal intensive care unit

Advances in Neonatal Care

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-36

  Wright, Valerie ^a   Prasun, Marilyn A ^b   Hilgenberg, Cheryl ^b  

^a CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement education; End of life education; Neonatal bereavement; Neonatal end of life care; Neonatal palliative care; NiPCAS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952757314     PISSN: 15360903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0b013e3182085642     Document Type: Article

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