End-of-life care in the intensive care setting: A descriptive exploratory qualitative study of nurses' beliefs and practices

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-12

  Ranse, Kristen ^a,b   Yates, Patsy ^a   Coyer, Fiona ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

End of life care; Intensive care; Nursing; Practices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSING PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; UNCERTAINTY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AUSTRALIA; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NARRATION; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84857120936     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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