Dignified end-of-life care in the patients' own homes

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 374-385

  Karlsson, Christina ^a   Berggren, Ingela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

Author keywords

autonomy; dignity; end of life care; homecare; integrity; phenomenological hermeneutic; safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955843740     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733011398100     Document Type: Article

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