Advance directives in an intensive care unit: Experiences and recommendations of critical care nurses and physicians

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 396-409

  Gutierrez, Karen M ^a  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

advance care planning; advance directives; critical care intensive care; death and dying; families

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVING WILL; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866005901     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: 15505111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CNQ.0b013e318268fe35     Document Type: Article

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