Advance directives: Portuguese palliative care professionals' views

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 373-380

  Pereira, Sandra M ^a   Fradique, Emília ^d   Fialho, Renata ^b   Cerqueira, Manuela ^d   Pereira, Aurora ^d   Sampaio, Florbela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b Department of Cardiology   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE VIANA DO CASTELO   (Portugal)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Advance directives; Palliative care; Professionals' views

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 80052096988     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2011.17.8.373     Document Type: Article

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