End-of-life care of the geriatric patient and nurses' moral distress

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80.e7-80.e13

  Piers, Ruth D ^a   Van den Eynde, Magali ^b   Steeman, Els ^b   Vlerick, Peter ^b   Benoit, Dominique D ^a   Van Den Noortgate, Nele J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

End of life care; Ethics; Geriatric nursing care; Moral distress

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BURNOUT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMERGENCY CARE; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LEAVE; MORAL DISTRESS; MORALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

EID: 84855172613     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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