Maintaining integrity in the face of death: A grounded theory to explain the perspectives of people affected by lung cancer about the expression of wishes for end of life care

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 718-726

  Horne, Gillian ^a,b   Seymour, Jane ^b   Payne, Sheila ^c  

^a Rowcroft Hospice Devon   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Attitude to death; Family; Lung cancer; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84861531459     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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