Institutional geographies in dying: Nurses' actions and observations on dying spaces inside and outside intensive care units

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 814-821

  Liaschenko, Joan ^a   Peden McAlpine, Cynthia ^b   Andrews, Gavin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dying; Ethics; Families; Geography; Intensive care; Nursing work

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; FAMILY STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DYING; FAMILY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORALITY; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955710566     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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