Emergency Nurses' Suggestions for Improving End-of-Life Care Obstacles

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages e7-

  Beckstrand, Renea L ^a   Wood, R Daniel ^a   Callister, Lynn C ^a   Luthy, Karlen E ^a   Heaston, Sondra ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency; Emergency nurse; End of life; Family presence; Obstacles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865556710     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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