Thai Buddhist families' perspective of a peaceful death in ICUs

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 151-159

  Kongsuwan, Waraporn ^a   Chaipetch, Orapan ^a   Matchim, Yaowarat ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

End of life; Intensive care; Peaceful death; Qualitative; Thai Buddhist family

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEATH; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; STANDARD; THAILAND; THEORY OF MIND;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BUDDHISM; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THAILAND; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84861410885     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2012.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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