Feeling trapped and being torn: Physicians' narratives about ethical dilemmas in hemodialysis care that evoke a troubled conscience

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Grönlund, Catarina E C Fischer ^a   Dahlqvist, Vera ^a,b   Söderberg, Anna Is ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONSCIENCE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NEPHROLOGY; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECORDING; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SWEDEN; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNCERTAINTY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSCIENCE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NARRATION; NEPHROLOGY; NURSES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; SWEDEN; TAPE RECORDING; UNCERTAINTY; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 79957851676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-12-8     Document Type: Article

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