Family Satisfaction With Care Provided by Nurse Practitioners to Nursing Home Residents With Dementia at the End of Life

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 350-367

  Liu, Linda M ^a   Guarino, A J ^b   Lopez, Ruth Palan ^b  

^a UNITED HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; end of life care; family satisfaction; nurse practitioners; nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CONSUMER; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84863990833     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: 15523799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773811431883     Document Type: Article

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