The meaning of our work: Caring for the critically ill patient with cancer

AACN Advanced Critical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 397-407

  Wiencek, Clareen A ^a   Ferrell, Betty R ^b   Jackson, Molly ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer survival; critical care nurse; critically ill cancer patient; moral distress; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 81255150062     PISSN: 15597768     EISSN: 15597776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCI.0b013e318232c6ef     Document Type: Article

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