Intensive care nurses' involvement in the end-of-life process - perspectives of relatives

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 666-676

  Lind, Ranveig ^a   Lorem, Geir F ^b   Nortvedt, Per ^c,d   Hevrøy, Olav ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^e HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Decision making; end of life; ethics; family; ICU; nurses; relationships

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MANPOWER; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84866525685     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733011433925     Document Type: Article

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